HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING IN FLUID DYNAMICS

Proceedings of the Summerschool on High Performance Computing in Fluid Dynamics, held at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, June 24-28, 1996

Edited by P. Wesseling

ERCOFTAC SERIES 3

This book contains the course notes of the Summerschool on High Performance Computing in Fluid Dynamics, held at the Delft University of Technology, June 24-28, 1996. The lectures presented deal to a large extent with algorithmic, programming and implementation issues, as well as experiences gained so far on parallel platforms. Attention is also given to mathematical aspects, notably domain decomposition and scalable algorithms. Topics considered are: basic concepts of parallel computers, parallelization strategies, programming aspects, parallel algorithms, applications in computational fluid dynamics, the present hardware situation, and developments to be expected. The book is addressed to students on a graduate level and researchers in industry engaged in scientific computing, who have little or no experience with high performance computing, but who want to learn more, and/or want to port their code to parallel platforms. It is a good starting point for those who want to enter the field of high performance computing, especially if applications in fluid dynamics are envisaged.

Contents and Contributors:

1. Introduction to Parallel Computers: Architecture and Algorithms; D.R. Emerson.

2. Programming Aspects and Algorithms for Vector- and Parallel Computers; C. Lacor.

3. Porting Industrial Codes in High Performance Computers; P.R. Amestoy and M.J. Dayd'e.

4. Load Balancing for Computational Fluid Dynamics; M. Streng.

5. Parallel Linear Systems Solvers: Sparse Iterative Methods; H.A. van der Vorst.

6. High Performance Computing of Turbulent Flows; F.-S. Lien.

7. Data-Parallel Solution of the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations; R.W.C.P. Verstappen and A.E.P.Veldman.

8. High Performance Computing: Trends and Expectations; P.H. Michielse.

June 1996, 288 pp. Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-4063-9

NLG 185.00/USD 124.00/GBP 84.00

Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht, The Netherlands