An efficient MPI/OpenMP hybrid parallel Radial Basis Function (RBF) strategy for both continuous and discontinuous large-scale mesh deformation is proposed to reduce the computational cost and memory consumption.Unlik...An efficient MPI/OpenMP hybrid parallel Radial Basis Function (RBF) strategy for both continuous and discontinuous large-scale mesh deformation is proposed to reduce the computational cost and memory consumption.Unlike the conventional parallel methods in which all processors use the same surface displacement and implement the same operation,the present method employs different surface points sets and influence radius for each volume point movement,accompanied with efficient geometry searching strategy.The deformed surface points,also called Control Points (CPs),are stored in each processor.The displacement of spatial points is interpolated by using only 20-50 nearest control points,and the local influence radius is set to 5-20 times the maximum displacement of control points.To shorten the searching time for the nearest control point clouds,an Alternating Digital Tree (ADT) algorithm for 3D complex geometry is designed based on an iterative bisection technique.Besides,an MPI/OpenMP hybrid parallel approach is developed to reduce the memory cost in each High-Performance Computing (HPC) node for large-scale applications.Three 3D cases,including the ONERA-M6 wing and a commercial transport airplane standard model with up to 2.5 billion hybrid elements,are used to test the present mesh deformation method.The robustness and high parallel efficiency are demonstrated by a wing deflection case with a maximum bending angle of 450 and more than 80% parallel efficiency with 1024 MPI processors.In addition,the availability for both continuous and discontinuous surface deformation is verified by interpolating the projecting displacement with opposite directions surface points to the spatial points.展开更多
One of the largest known megafloods on earth resulted from a glacier dam-break,which occurred during the Late Quaternary in the Altai Mountains in Southern Siberia.Computational modeling is one of the viable approache...One of the largest known megafloods on earth resulted from a glacier dam-break,which occurred during the Late Quaternary in the Altai Mountains in Southern Siberia.Computational modeling is one of the viable approaches to enhancing the understanding of the flood events.The computational domain of this flood is over 9460 km2 and about 3.784 × 106 cells are involved as a 50 m × 50 m mesh is used,which necessitates a computationally efficient model.Here the Open MP(Open Multiprocessing) technique is adopted to parallelize the code of a coupled 2D hydrodynamic and sediment transport model.It is shown that the computational efficiency is enhanced by over 80% due to the parallelization.The floods over both fixed and mobile beds are well reproduced with specified discharge hydrographs at the dam site.Qualitatively,backwater effects during the flood are resolved at the bifurcation between the Chuja and Katun rivers.Quantitatively,the computed maximum stage and thalweg are physically consistent with the field data of the bars and deposits.The effects of sediment transport and morphological evolution on the flood are considerable.Sensitivity analyses indicate that the impact of the peak discharge is significant,whilst those of the Manningroughness,medium sediment size and shape of the inlet discharge hydrograph are marginal.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No.2016YFB0200701)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11532016 and 91530325)
文摘An efficient MPI/OpenMP hybrid parallel Radial Basis Function (RBF) strategy for both continuous and discontinuous large-scale mesh deformation is proposed to reduce the computational cost and memory consumption.Unlike the conventional parallel methods in which all processors use the same surface displacement and implement the same operation,the present method employs different surface points sets and influence radius for each volume point movement,accompanied with efficient geometry searching strategy.The deformed surface points,also called Control Points (CPs),are stored in each processor.The displacement of spatial points is interpolated by using only 20-50 nearest control points,and the local influence radius is set to 5-20 times the maximum displacement of control points.To shorten the searching time for the nearest control point clouds,an Alternating Digital Tree (ADT) algorithm for 3D complex geometry is designed based on an iterative bisection technique.Besides,an MPI/OpenMP hybrid parallel approach is developed to reduce the memory cost in each High-Performance Computing (HPC) node for large-scale applications.Three 3D cases,including the ONERA-M6 wing and a commercial transport airplane standard model with up to 2.5 billion hybrid elements,are used to test the present mesh deformation method.The robustness and high parallel efficiency are demonstrated by a wing deflection case with a maximum bending angle of 450 and more than 80% parallel efficiency with 1024 MPI processors.In addition,the availability for both continuous and discontinuous surface deformation is verified by interpolating the projecting displacement with opposite directions surface points to the spatial points.
基金funded by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 11172217 and 11432015)National Key Basic Research and Development Program (i.e., 973 Program) of China (Grant No. 2007CB714106)
文摘One of the largest known megafloods on earth resulted from a glacier dam-break,which occurred during the Late Quaternary in the Altai Mountains in Southern Siberia.Computational modeling is one of the viable approaches to enhancing the understanding of the flood events.The computational domain of this flood is over 9460 km2 and about 3.784 × 106 cells are involved as a 50 m × 50 m mesh is used,which necessitates a computationally efficient model.Here the Open MP(Open Multiprocessing) technique is adopted to parallelize the code of a coupled 2D hydrodynamic and sediment transport model.It is shown that the computational efficiency is enhanced by over 80% due to the parallelization.The floods over both fixed and mobile beds are well reproduced with specified discharge hydrographs at the dam site.Qualitatively,backwater effects during the flood are resolved at the bifurcation between the Chuja and Katun rivers.Quantitatively,the computed maximum stage and thalweg are physically consistent with the field data of the bars and deposits.The effects of sediment transport and morphological evolution on the flood are considerable.Sensitivity analyses indicate that the impact of the peak discharge is significant,whilst those of the Manningroughness,medium sediment size and shape of the inlet discharge hydrograph are marginal.
