Performance analysis of a Linux PC cluster using a direct numerical simulation of fluid turbulence code

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-374

  Liu, Chun Ho ^a   Woo, Chat Ming ^a   Leung, Dennis Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Direct numerical simulation; Distributed and parallel computing; Finite element method; Fluid turbulence; Linux cluster

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SUBROUTINES; TURBULENCE;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLUID TURBULENCE; LINUX CLUSTER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 27844452426     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342005056133     Document Type: Article

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