# preCICE #

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preCICE stands for Precise Code Interaction Coupling Environment. Its main component is a library that can be used by simulation programs to be coupled together in a partitioned way, enabling multi-physics simulations, such as fluid-structure interaction.

If you are new to preCICE, please have a look at our [wiki (documentation)](https://github.com/precice/precice/wiki) and at [precice.org](https://www.precice.org).

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preCICE is an academic project, developed at the [Technical University of Munich](https://www5.in.tum.de/) and at the [University of Stuttgart](https://www.ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de/). If you use preCICE, please [cite us](https://www.precice.org/publications/):

*H.-J. Bungartz, F. Lindner, B. Gatzhammer, M. Mehl, K. Scheufele, A. Shukaev, and B. Uekermann: preCICE - A Fully Parallel Library for Multi-Physics Surface Coupling. Computers and Fluids, 141, 250–258, 2016.*