A conservative overlap method for multi-block parallelization of compact finite-volume schemes

A conservative approach for MPI-based parallelization of tridiagonal compact schemes is developed in the context of multi-block finite-volume methods. For each block, an enlarged linear system is solved by overlapping a certain number of neighbour cells from adjacent sub-domains. The values at block...

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Autor: Capuano, Francesco|||0000-0003-0274-5260
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/365484
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/365484
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.10.017
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fluid mechanics
Turbulence
Compact schemes
Finite-volume method
Local conservation
MPI Parallel computing
Turbulent flows
Mecànica de fluids
Turbulència
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Mecànica de fluids
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Sumario:A conservative approach for MPI-based parallelization of tridiagonal compact schemes is developed in the context of multi-block finite-volume methods. For each block, an enlarged linear system is solved by overlapping a certain number of neighbour cells from adjacent sub-domains. The values at block-to-block boundary faces are evaluated by a high-order centered approximation formula. Unlike previous methods, conservation is retained by properly re-computing the common interface value between two neighbouring blocks. Numerical tests show that parallelization artifacts decrease significantly as the number of overlapping cells is increased, at some expense of parallel efficiency. A reasonable trade-off between accuracy and performances is discussed in the paper with reference to both the spectral properties of the method and the results of fully turbulent numerical simulations.