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Science depends heavily on reliable and easy-to-use software packages, such as mathematical libraries or data analysis tools. Developing such packages requires a lot of effort, which is too often avoided due to the lack of funding or…
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JETSPIN is an open-source computer program specifically designed to simulate the electrospinning process of nanofibers. This manual provides an overview of JETSPIN, focusing primarily on its structure, parallel implementations,…