ISSN:
0271-2091
Schlagwort(e):
Transport models
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3D advection-diffusion equations
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Numerical time integration
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Vectorization
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Parallel processing
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Engineering
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Engineering General
Quelle:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Thema:
Maschinenbau
Notizen:
The total solution of a three-dimensional model for computing the transport of salinity, pollutants, suspended material (such as sediment or mud), etc. in shallow seas involves many aspects, each of which has to be treated in an optimal way in order to cope with the tremendous computational task involved. In this paper we focus on one of these aspects, i.e. on the time integration, and discuss two numerical solution methods. The emphasis in this paper is on the performance of the methods when implemented on a vector/parallel, shared memory computer such as a Cray-type machine. The first method is an explicit time integrator and can straightforwardly be vectorized and parallelized. Although a stabilizing technique has been applied to this method, it still suffers from a severe time step restriction. The second method is partly implicit, resulting in much better stability characteristics; however, as a consequence of the implicitness, it requires in each step the solution of a large number of tridiagonal systems. When implemented in a standard way, the recursive nature would prevent vectorization, resulting in a very long solution time. Following a suggestion of Golub and Van Loan, this part of the algorithm has been tuned for use on the Cray C98/4256. On the basis of a large-scale test problem, performance results will be presented for various implementations.
Zusätzliches Material:
2 Ill.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650200303
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