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Parallel algorithms for panel methods
Author(s) -
David Tim,
Blyth Graham
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/fld.1650140108
Subject(s) - conjugate gradient method , algorithm , scalability , computer science , parallelism (grammar) , parallel computing , parallel algorithm , flow (mathematics) , computational fluid dynamics , mathematics , computational science , mathematical optimization , geometry , physics , database , mechanics
A parallel algorithm for the solution of potential flow problems using the panel method of Hess and Smith and conjugate and bi‐conjugate gradient techniques is presented. Analysis of the parallelism for the matrix. solvers shows the algorithms to have scalable properties as the problem size grows indefinitely large. Speed‐up and efficiency values are presented along with experimental and theoretical values for the optimum number of processors for maximum speed‐up. It is envisaged that the parallel techniques presented here have applications using other boundary integral methods for solving engineering problems of a more complex nature.