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In this paper a parallel finite volume solution method for the Navier-Stokes equations is presented. The solution procedure is based on collocated blockstructured grids, iterative pressure-velocity coupling of SIMPLE type, multigrid methods, and automatic grid partitioning. A high numerical efficiency is ensured by the nonlinear multigrid method. The parallelization follows the message passing strategy allowing the code to be run on a wide range of actual parallel hardware platforms without much porting effort. By considering several 2-d and 3-d flow problems aspects concerning the numerical and parallel performance of the solver are discussed for different parallel architectures.
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Schäfer, M., Schreck, E., Wechsler, K. (1994). An Efficient Parallel Solution Technique for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations. In: Hebeker, FK., Rannacher, R., Wittum, G. (eds) Numerical methods for the Navier-Stokes equations. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics (NNFM), vol 47. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-14007-8_23
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