Scaling properties of convective turbulence

Skandera, D., Busse, A. and Mueller, W.-C. (2009) Scaling properties of convective turbulence. In: Wagner, S. (ed.) High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Garching/Munich 2007. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Germany, pp. 387-396. ISBN 9783540691815

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Abstract

This report presents the current status of a computational project investigating the statistical properties and physical mechanisms of convective turbulence. Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations (DNS) based on the Boussinesq equations are conducted without introducing any additional physical approximations. The numerical resolution of 2048(3) collocation points used by the FFT-based pseudospectral scheme renders this project the largest numerical effort in turbulent convection world-wide. In the first stage the simulation code was successfully ported to the ALTIX 4700 supercomputer where several scalability and benchmarking test were performed. Utilizing this analysis the code was optimized, allowing the determination of the optimal numerical setup. The production phase has begun recently leading to first preliminary results.

Item Type:Book Sections
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Busse, Professor Angela
Authors: Skandera, D., Busse, A., and Mueller, W.-C.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
Publisher:Springer-Verlag
ISBN:9783540691815

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