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For details, see [doc/compile.md](doc/compile.md)\n\n#### Tests\nSimple regression tests are included. After compiling, navigate to `test/RegTest/` and run:\n\n```\nPATH=$PATH:../../bin pytest runreg.py\n```\n\n### Directory Structure\n\n- `bin`: Default target for compiled executables\n- `DAKOTA`: DAKOTA drivers (by Jon Murray) and examples\n- `doc`: Documentation -- user's manual, install instructions, DAKOTA drivers manual, relevant publications\n- `make`: Makefiles for various compilers and platforms\n- `src`: Source code\n- `test`: Test cases (regression tests, example HAWT/VAWT input files, airfoil files)\n\n### Post-processing\n\nTools for post-processing data from CACTUS simulations are available in the\n[CACTUS-tools](https://github.com/SNL-WaterPower/CACTUS-tools) repository.\n\n\n### References\n\nFor details about the development of CACTUS, please see\n\n- Murray, J., and Barone, M., “The Development of CACTUS, a Wind and Marine Turbine Performance Simulation Code,” _49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition_, Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2011, pp. 1–21.\n\n### Disclaimer\n\nA CACTUS model V\u0026V studies (Michelen et al. 2014, Wosnik et al. 2016) for cross-flow hydrokinetic turbines demonstrated it accurately predicts performance characteristics for axial-flow turbines, but it should not be used for cross-flow geometries.\n\n- Michelen, C., V.S. 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