Improving the performance of computational fluid dynamics codes on Linux cluster architectures

T. H. Hauser; R. P. Lebeau; P. G. Huang; T. I. Mattox; H. G. Dietz

Improving the performance of computational fluid dynamics codes on Linux cluster architectures

T. H. Hauser, R. P. Lebeau, P. G. Huang, T. I. Mattox, H. G. Dietz

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

Linux PC Clusters are a cost-effective platform for parallel computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications. However, obtaining high performance on these clusters is a non-trivial problem, requiring tuning and design modifications to the code (and, in some cases, the hardware itself). In this paper we present our investigations into optimizing CFD codes for Linux cluster platforms, covering a number of cluster architectures and two different CFD codes. The single-processor and multi-processor performance of these codes on a variety of architectures are compared, and methods that we have implemented for improving the performance of CFD codes on Linux architecture are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference
State	Published - 2003
Event	16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 2003 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: Jun 23 2003 → Jun 26 2003

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Name	16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference

Conference

Conference	16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 2003
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	6/23/03 → 6/26/03

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Aerospace Engineering
Automotive Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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