Large-scale simulations of turbulence: HPC and numerical experiments
Schlatter P, Malm J, Brethouwer G, Johansson AV, Henningson DS (2011)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2011
Pages Range: 319-324
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings - 2011 7th IEEE International Conference on eScience, eScience 2011
Event location: SWE
ISBN: 9780769545974
Abstract
In this paper, we describe some of the methods used at KTH Mechanics in the field of turbulence simulations. High performance computing (HPC) resources, including the dedicated system "Ekman" with 10000 cores at KTH, are employed to perform some of the largest turbulence simulations with up to 10 billion grid points. The results are used to assess the fidelity of such types of simulations by comparing in detail to wind tunnel experiments, excellent agreement is obtained in general. Simulations can thus be considered numerical experiments, and are subject to the same scrutiny as "real" experimental data. Validated simulation data is extremely valuable as it may provide unprecedented insight into the turbulence dynamics. However, given the large size of the computations, the massively parallel simulation codes, post processing tools and storage solutions have to be specifically adapted, making turbulence simulations an interdisplinary area of e-Science. © 2011 IEEE.
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Schlatter, P., Malm, J., Brethouwer, G., Johansson, A.V., & Henningson, D.S. (2011). Large-scale simulations of turbulence: HPC and numerical experiments. In Proceedings - 2011 7th IEEE International Conference on eScience, eScience 2011 (pp. 319-324). SWE.
MLA:
Schlatter, Philipp, et al. "Large-scale simulations of turbulence: HPC and numerical experiments." Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on eScience, eScience 2011, SWE 2011. 319-324.
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