A parallel implementation of the random vortex method

We report on a parallel implementation of the random vortex method for viscous, incompressible flow. The code is implemented on the Connection Machine CM-2, a massively parallel processor, and allows the simulation of two-dimensional flow in arbitrary rectilinear geometries. The efficient execution...

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Published inComputer physics communications Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 231 - 237
Main Authors Sethian, J.A., Brunet, Jean-Philippe, Greenberg, Adam, Mesirov, Jill P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.04.1991
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Exact sciences and technology
Mathematical methods in physics
Numerical approximation and analysis
Physics
Parallel processing
Equation of motion
Stochastic process
Vortex
Digital simulation
Implementation
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Summary:We report on a parallel implementation of the random vortex method for viscous, incompressible flow. The code is implemented on the Connection Machine CM-2, a massively parallel processor, and allows the simulation of two-dimensional flow in arbitrary rectilinear geometries. The efficient execution of this method on the Connection Machine results from a parallel N-body solver, parallel elliptic solvers, and a parallel data structure for the adaptive creation of computational elements on the boundary of the confining region.
ISSN:0010-4655
1879-2944
DOI:10.1016/0010-4655(91)90176-L