The TheLMA project: Multi-GPU implementation of the lattice Boltzmann method

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-303

  Obrecht, Christian ^a,b,c   Kuznik, Frédéric ^b,c   Tourancheau, Bernard ^b,d,e   Roux, Jean Jacques ^b,c  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIV LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; CUDA; GPU computing; lattice Boltzmann method

Indexed keywords

CUDA; GPU COMPUTING; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POSIX THREADS; PROCESSING UNITS; SEQUENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 80051537014     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: 17412846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342011414745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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