Achieving high parallel performance for an unstructured unsteady turbomachinery CFD code

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1117, 2007, Pages 185-193

  Hills, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); PROBLEM SOLVING; TURBOMACHINERY;

HIGH PARALLEL SCALABILITY; PARALLEL PARTITIONING STRATEGY; STEADY STATE HEXAHEDRAL MESH; TURBOMACHINERY CFD CODES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 34147092549     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000004449     Document Type: Article

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