Ebook: High Performance Scientific And Engineering Computing: Proceedings of the 3rd International FORTWIHR Conference on HPSEC, Erlangen, March 12–14, 2001

In Douglas Adams' book 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', hyper-intelligent beings reached a point in their existence where they wanted to understand the purpose of their own existence and the universe. They built a supercomputer, called Deep Thought, and upon completion, they asked it for the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything else. The computer worked for several millennia on the answers to all these questions. When the day arrived for hyper-intelligent beings the to receive the answer, they were stunned, shocked and disappointed to hear that the answer was simply 42. The still open questions to scientists and engineers are typically much sim­ pler and consequently the answers are more reasonable. Furthermore, because human beings are too impatient and not ready to wait for such a long pe­ riod, high-performance computing techniques have been developed, leading to much faster answers. Based on these developments in the last two decades, scientific and engineering computing has evolved to a key technology which plays an important role in determining, or at least shaping, future research and development activities in many branches of industry. Development work has been going on all over the world resulting in numerical methods that are now available for simulations that were not foreseeable some years ago. However, these days the availability of supercomputers with Teraflop perfor­ mance supports extensive computations with technical relevance. A new age of engineering has started.

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The book is a state-of-the-art overview on high performance computing (HPC) activities to solve scientific and/or engineering problems on supercomputers. This topic has evolved to a key technology playing an important role in determining, or at least shaping, future research and development activities in many branches of industry. The main topics include the development of advanced numerical methods, parallel computing techniques, grid generation, and visualization. Applications of these techniques are directed to fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion and porous media related flows, computational structural dynamics, material sciences, chemical engineering, dynamic systems, optimal control, and optimization of electronic circuits. The book includes 44 contributions from renowned international experts in the field of HPC and its applications.

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The book is a state-of-the-art overview on high performance computing (HPC) activities to solve scientific and/or engineering problems on supercomputers. This topic has evolved to a key technology playing an important role in determining, or at least shaping, future research and development activities in many branches of industry. The main topics include the development of advanced numerical methods, parallel computing techniques, grid generation, and visualization. Applications of these techniques are directed to fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion and porous media related flows, computational structural dynamics, material sciences, chemical engineering, dynamic systems, optimal control, and optimization of electronic circuits. The book includes 44 contributions from renowned international experts in the field of HPC and its applications.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Large-Scale Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations Using Parallel Computers....Pages 3-20
MEGAFLOW - An Industrial Flow Simulation Tool for Aircraft Applications....Pages 21-28
Development of a Parallel FVM Based Groundwater Flow Model....Pages 29-36
Adaptive Hybrid Mixed Finite Element Discretization of Instationary Variably Saturated Flow in Porous Media....Pages 37-44
Simulation of High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Columns with CFD....Pages 45-52
CFD Calculations of Flow, Dispersion and Chemical Reactions in Fixed Bed Tubular Reactors Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method....Pages 53-62
Computational Engineering for Wind-Exposed Thin-Walled Structures....Pages 63-70
Numerical Simulation of Wind Loads on Antenna Structures....Pages 71-80
Numerical Calculation of Turbulent Premixed Flames with an Efficient Turbulent Flame Speed Closure Model....Pages 81-88
Monte Carlo Simulations of Radiative Heat Transfer with Parallel Computer Architectures....Pages 89-96
Direct Numerical Simulation of Bubble Swarms with a Parallel Front-Tracking Method....Pages 97-106
Symmetry-Preserving Discretization of Turbulent Channel Flow....Pages 107-114
Parallelization Strategies and Efficiency of CFD Computations in Complex Geometries Using Lattice Boltzmann Methods on High-Performance Computers....Pages 115-122
Applications of the Lattice Boltzmann Method to Complex and Turbulent Flows....Pages 123-130
Computation of Flows Around Space Configurations....Pages 131-138
Flow Visualization on Hierarchical Cartesian Grids....Pages 139-146
The Finite Mass Method — A New Approach to the Solution of Flow Problems....Pages 149-156
An Octree-Based Approach for Fast Elliptic Solvers....Pages 157-166
A Variable Order Method of Lines: Accuracy, Conservation and Applications....Pages 167-174
A Hybrid Direct/Iterative Algorithm for the Solution of Poisson’s Equation Based on the Schur Complement Method....Pages 175-182
High-Performance Computing, Multi-Scale Models for Crystal Growth Systems....Pages 185-200
Semi-Direct Numerical Simulation of a Czochralski Melt Flow on High-Performance Computers....Pages 201-212
High-Order Numerical Solutions for Rotating Flows with Walls....Pages 213-220
Parallel Coupled Simulation of Casting Processes on Cluster of PCs....Pages 221-228
Controlling Point Defects in Single Silicon Crystals Grown by the Czochralski Method....Pages 229-236
A Two—Scale Method for Liquid—Solid Phase Transitions with Dendritic Microstructure....Pages 237-244
Application of Higher Order BDF Discretization of the Boussinesq Equation and the Heat Transport Equation....Pages 245-252
Spectral and Finite Volume Numerical Approximations for Solutal Convection in Melted Alloys....Pages 253-260
Numerical Simulation of Physical Vapour Transport Crystal Growth Processes by a Finite Volume Solution Algorithm....Pages 261-268
3D Block-Structured Grid Algorithms for the Numerical Simulation of Chemical Vapor Deposition in Horizontal Reactors....Pages 269-278
Electromagnetic Control of Electron Beam Evaporation: Numerical Simulation....Pages 279-286
Solution of a Hard Flight Path Optimization Problem by Different Optimization Codes....Pages 289-296
Adaptive Data Structures and Algorithms for Efficient Visualization and Data Management at Runtime of Terrain and Feature Data....Pages 297-304
Recent Improvements in the Trajectory Optimization Software ASTOS....Pages 305-312
Optimal Design of the Power Train of Vehicles: Modelling, Simulation and Optimization....Pages 313-324
Unsteady Heat Load Simulation for Hypersonic Cruise Optimization....Pages 325-332
Modeling Techniques and Parameter Estimation for the Simulation of Complex Vehicle Structures....Pages 333-340
Numerical Techniques for Different Time Scales in Electric Circuit Simulation....Pages 343-360
Transient Noise Analysis in Circuit Simulation....Pages 361-368
Realistic Step Flow Model for Orientation-Dependent Wet Etching....Pages 369-376
Modeling of Ion-Induced Charge Generation in High Voltage Diodes....Pages 377-384
Modelling and Simulation of the Transient Electromagnetic Behavior of High Power Bus Bars....Pages 385-392
Modeling and Simulation of Electrothermomechanical Coupling Phenomena in High Power Electronics....Pages 393-400
Heat Conduction as Eigenvalue Problem....Pages 401-408
Back Matter....Pages 409-412

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The book is a state-of-the-art overview on high performance computing (HPC) activities to solve scientific and/or engineering problems on supercomputers. This topic has evolved to a key technology playing an important role in determining, or at least shaping, future research and development activities in many branches of industry. The main topics include the development of advanced numerical methods, parallel computing techniques, grid generation, and visualization. Applications of these techniques are directed to fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion and porous media related flows, computational structural dynamics, material sciences, chemical engineering, dynamic systems, optimal control, and optimization of electronic circuits. The book includes 44 contributions from renowned international experts in the field of HPC and its applications.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Large-Scale Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations Using Parallel Computers....Pages 3-20
MEGAFLOW - An Industrial Flow Simulation Tool for Aircraft Applications....Pages 21-28
Development of a Parallel FVM Based Groundwater Flow Model....Pages 29-36
Adaptive Hybrid Mixed Finite Element Discretization of Instationary Variably Saturated Flow in Porous Media....Pages 37-44
Simulation of High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Columns with CFD....Pages 45-52
CFD Calculations of Flow, Dispersion and Chemical Reactions in Fixed Bed Tubular Reactors Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method....Pages 53-62
Computational Engineering for Wind-Exposed Thin-Walled Structures....Pages 63-70
Numerical Simulation of Wind Loads on Antenna Structures....Pages 71-80
Numerical Calculation of Turbulent Premixed Flames with an Efficient Turbulent Flame Speed Closure Model....Pages 81-88
Monte Carlo Simulations of Radiative Heat Transfer with Parallel Computer Architectures....Pages 89-96
Direct Numerical Simulation of Bubble Swarms with a Parallel Front-Tracking Method....Pages 97-106
Symmetry-Preserving Discretization of Turbulent Channel Flow....Pages 107-114
Parallelization Strategies and Efficiency of CFD Computations in Complex Geometries Using Lattice Boltzmann Methods on High-Performance Computers....Pages 115-122
Applications of the Lattice Boltzmann Method to Complex and Turbulent Flows....Pages 123-130
Computation of Flows Around Space Configurations....Pages 131-138
Flow Visualization on Hierarchical Cartesian Grids....Pages 139-146
The Finite Mass Method — A New Approach to the Solution of Flow Problems....Pages 149-156
An Octree-Based Approach for Fast Elliptic Solvers....Pages 157-166
A Variable Order Method of Lines: Accuracy, Conservation and Applications....Pages 167-174
A Hybrid Direct/Iterative Algorithm for the Solution of Poisson’s Equation Based on the Schur Complement Method....Pages 175-182
High-Performance Computing, Multi-Scale Models for Crystal Growth Systems....Pages 185-200
Semi-Direct Numerical Simulation of a Czochralski Melt Flow on High-Performance Computers....Pages 201-212
High-Order Numerical Solutions for Rotating Flows with Walls....Pages 213-220
Parallel Coupled Simulation of Casting Processes on Cluster of PCs....Pages 221-228
Controlling Point Defects in Single Silicon Crystals Grown by the Czochralski Method....Pages 229-236
A Two—Scale Method for Liquid—Solid Phase Transitions with Dendritic Microstructure....Pages 237-244
Application of Higher Order BDF Discretization of the Boussinesq Equation and the Heat Transport Equation....Pages 245-252
Spectral and Finite Volume Numerical Approximations for Solutal Convection in Melted Alloys....Pages 253-260
Numerical Simulation of Physical Vapour Transport Crystal Growth Processes by a Finite Volume Solution Algorithm....Pages 261-268
3D Block-Structured Grid Algorithms for the Numerical Simulation of Chemical Vapor Deposition in Horizontal Reactors....Pages 269-278
Electromagnetic Control of Electron Beam Evaporation: Numerical Simulation....Pages 279-286
Solution of a Hard Flight Path Optimization Problem by Different Optimization Codes....Pages 289-296
Adaptive Data Structures and Algorithms for Efficient Visualization and Data Management at Runtime of Terrain and Feature Data....Pages 297-304
Recent Improvements in the Trajectory Optimization Software ASTOS....Pages 305-312
Optimal Design of the Power Train of Vehicles: Modelling, Simulation and Optimization....Pages 313-324
Unsteady Heat Load Simulation for Hypersonic Cruise Optimization....Pages 325-332
Modeling Techniques and Parameter Estimation for the Simulation of Complex Vehicle Structures....Pages 333-340
Numerical Techniques for Different Time Scales in Electric Circuit Simulation....Pages 343-360
Transient Noise Analysis in Circuit Simulation....Pages 361-368
Realistic Step Flow Model for Orientation-Dependent Wet Etching....Pages 369-376
Modeling of Ion-Induced Charge Generation in High Voltage Diodes....Pages 377-384
Modelling and Simulation of the Transient Electromagnetic Behavior of High Power Bus Bars....Pages 385-392
Modeling and Simulation of Electrothermomechanical Coupling Phenomena in High Power Electronics....Pages 393-400
Heat Conduction as Eigenvalue Problem....Pages 401-408
Back Matter....Pages 409-412
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