Solving the Boltzmann equation on GPUs

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2445-2453

  Frezzotti, A ^a   Ghiroldi, G P ^a   Gibelli, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CUDATM programming model; Boltzmann equation; Gas microflows; Graphics Processing Units; Parallel computing; Semi regular methods

Indexed keywords

COLLISION INTEGRAL; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COMPUTING TIME; DIRECT SOLUTION; DRIVEN CAVITY FLOW; FINITE-DIFFERENCE DISCRETIZATION; GAS MICROFLOWS; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS; LOW-MACH-NUMBER FLOW; MONTE CARLO; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; PROGRAMMING MODELS; SEMI-REGULAR METHODS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; MACH NUMBER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 80052325108     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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