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Parallel computing for CFD applications in the automotive industry — First experiences

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The industrial computational fluid dynamics code STAR-CD is extensively used in the automotive industry. Within the framework of the EUROPORT-1 program this code has been parallelised. An early version, nominally labeled STAR-HPC, has been used in the present study to perform calculations of engine coolant and intake flows and external vehicle aerodynamics on CRAY J90 and IBM SP2 machines. The lastnamed case was very large, involving around nine million cells. We show that substantial speedups and absolute performance levels are achievable on both machines, provided however that the processors are dedicated to the parallel code. We also indicate where further improvements can be achieved to both code and machine performances.

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  1. Reister, H.:’ Flow Through an Engine Compartment: Comparison of Numerical Results with Measurements.’ Proceedings of the Second European Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 1994.

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  2. Bauer, W.; Ehrenreich, H. and Reister, H.: ‘Design of Cooling Systems with Computer Simulation and Underhood Flow Analysis using CFD.’ 2nd VTMS Conference, C496/042, IMechE 1995.

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  1. Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany

    Walter Bauer & Heinrich Reister

  2. Adapco, USA

    Frederick Ross

  3. Computational Dynamics, England

    Dave Robinson

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  1. Walter Bauer
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Heather Liddell Adrian Colbrook Bob Hertzberger Peter Sloot

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Bauer, W., Reister, H., Ross, F., Robinson, D. (1996). Parallel computing for CFD applications in the automotive industry — First experiences. In: Liddell, H., Colbrook, A., Hertzberger, B., Sloot, P. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1067. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_536

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