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In this paper we present the parallel version of a CFD solver which works on unstructered 3-dimensional grids. The parallelization was achieved using the MPI library. The program includes a method for dynamically adapting a grid on a parallel computer. Grid adaptation is one of the reasons that lead to a poor workload distribution. Therefore a dynamic load balancing method was implemented in order to make sure that the available hardware is utilized in an efficient way. The paper concludes with the presentation of a performance test.
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Troyer, C., Baraldi, D., Kranzlmüller, D., Wilkening, H., Volkert, J. (2005). Parallel Grid Adaptation and Dynamic Load Balancing for a CFD Solver. In: Di Martino, B., Kranzlmüller, D., Dongarra, J. (eds) Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface. EuroPVM/MPI 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3666. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11557265_62
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