Using HPC for Computational Fluid Dynamics

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “f” and “t” indicate figures and tables respectively.

A

Airfoil simulation, 141, 142f, 142t–143t

Amdahl’s law

granularity, 46

processor time, 47, 48f

speedup, 46

ANSYS Fluent

benchmarks, 122–124

eddy dissipation, 124–127, 125f, 126t–127t

efficiency, 124

flow over airfoil, 127–128, 127f, 128t–129t

performance rating, 122

problem sizes, with single machine, 134–138, 136f–137f

sedan car, 129–130, 130f, 131t–132t

speedup, 124

storage, 122, 124t

truck 111 million cells, 134, 135t–136t

truck body 14 million cells, 130, 132f, 133t–134t, 135f

WinHPC environment, 172f

cores and sockets, 177–178, 178f–179f

expanded menu, 173, 174f–175f

Fluent directory sharing, 170, 171f

installation and configuration, 170

journal files, 174–175

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