Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 2000: Trends and Applications -

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Résumé :
Parallel CFD 2000, the Twelfth in an International series of meetings featuring computational fluid dynamics research on parallel computers, was held May 22-25, 2000 in Trondheim, Norway.Following the trend of the past conferences, areas such as numerical schemes and algorithms, tools and environments, load balancing, as well as interdisciplinary topics and various kinds of industrial applications were all well represented in the work presented. In addition, for the first time in the Parallel CFD conference series, the organizing committee chose to draw special attention to certain subject areas by organizing a number of special sessions.We feel the emphasis of the papers presented at the conference reflect the direction of the research within parallel CFD at the beginning of the new millennium. It seems to be a clear tendency towards increased industrial exploitation of parallel CFD. Several presentations also demonstrated how new insight is being achieved from complex simulations, and how powerful parallel computers now make it possible to use CFD within a broader interdisciplinary setting.Obviously, successful application of parallel CFD still rests on the underlying fundamental principles. Therefore, numerical algorithms, development tools, and parallelization techniques are still as important as when parallel CFD was in is infancy. Furthermore, the novel concepts of affordable parallel computing as well as metacomputing show that exciting developments are still taking place.As is often pointed out however, the real power of parallel CFD comes from the combination of all the disciplines involved: Physics, mathematics, and computer science. This is probably one of the principal reasons for the continued popularity of the Parallel CFD Conferences series, as well as the inspiration behind much of the excellent work carried out on the subject. We hope that the papers in this book, both on an individual basis and as a whole, will contribute to that inspiration. Further details of Parallel CFD'99, as well as other conferences in this series, are available at http://www.parcfd.org...

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tais). Direct Numerical Simulations of Multiphase Flows (G. Tryggvason, B. Bunner). Aerodynamic Shape Optimization and Parallel Computing Applied to Industrial Problems (P. Weinerfelt, O. Enoksson).2. Affordable Parallel ComputingAccurate Implicit Solution of 3-D Navier-Stokes Equations on Cluster of Work Stations (?. G?l?at, V.?. ?nal). Performance of a Parallel CFD-Code on a Linux Cluster (P. Kaurinkoski, P. Rautaheimo, T. Siikonen, K. Koski). Utilising Existing Computational Resources to Create a Commodity PC Network Suitable for Fast CFD Computation (R.A. Law, S.R. Turnock). Use of Commodity Based Cluster for Solving Aeropropulsion Applications (I. Lopez, T.J. Kollar, R.A. Mulac). Using a Cluster of PC's to Solve Convection Diffusion Problems (R.S. Silva, M.F.P. Rivello). Building PC Clusters: An Object-oriented Approach (A. Soulaï...

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1. Invited PapersPerspectives and Limits of Parallel Computing for CFD Simulation in the Automotive Industry (H. Echtle, H. Gildein, F. Otto, F. Wirbeleit, F. Kilmetzek). Application of Navier-Stokes Methods to Predict Votex-Induced Vibrations of Offshore Structures (Y. Kallinderis, K. Schulz, W. Jester). Dynamics Controlled by Magnetic Fields: Parallel Astrophysical Computations (R. Keppens). A Software Framework for Easy Parallelization of PDE Solvers (H.P. Langtangen, X. Cai). Parallel Computing of Non-equilibrium Hypersonic Rarefied Gas Flows (Y. Matsumoto, H. Yamaguchi, N. Tsuboi). Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulence : Towards Complex Flow Geometries (O. Mé...