Abstract
We present an analysis of the parallel spectral element method for solution of the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in general three-dimensional geometries. The approach combines high-order spatial discretizations with iterative solution techniques in a way which exploits with high efficiency the currently available medium-grained distributed-memory parallel computers. Measured performance analysis on the Intel vector hypercubes and example Navier-Stokes calculations demonstrate that parallel processing can now be considered an effective fluid mechanics analysis tool.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 483-491 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering |
Volume | 80 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1990 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mechanics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Computer Science Applications