The SPARTA distribution includes an examples sub-directory with several sample problems. Each problem is in a sub-directory of its own. They are all small problems that run quickly, requiring at most a couple of minutes to run on a desktop machine. Many are 2d so that they run more quickly and can be easily visualized. Each problem has an input script (in.*) and produces a log file (log.*) when it runs. The data files they use for chemical species or reaction parameters are copied from the data directory so the problems are self-contained.
Sample log file outputs on different machines and different numbers of processors are included in the directories to compare your answers to. E.g. a log file like log.free.date.foo.P means it ran on P processors of machine "foo", using the dated SPARTA version.
If the "dump image" lines in each script are uncommented, a series of image snapshots will be produced. Animations of several of the examples can be viewed on the Movies section of the SPARTA WWW Site.
See the examples/README file for more details on the example sub directories including a one-line description of each.
Here is how you might run and visualize one of the sample problems:
cd free cp ../../src/spa_g++ . # copy SPARTA executable to this dir spa_g++ < in.free # run the problem
Running the simulation produces the file log.sparta and optionall image.*.jpg. If you have the freely available ImageMagick toolkit on your machine, you can run its "convert" command to create an animated GIF, and visualize it from the FireFox browser as follows:
convert image*ppm movie.gif firefox ./movie.gif
A similar command should work with other browsers. Or you can select "Open File" under the File menu of your browser and load the animated GIF file directly.