NPAC Technical Report SCCS-737

CFD Algorithms in High Performance Fortran

Ken Hawick, Edward Bogucz, Ammar Degani, Geoffrey Fox, Guy Robinson

Submitted September 15 1995


Abstract

We evaluate the High-Performance Fortran (HPF) language for expressing and implementing algorithms for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications on high performance computing systems. In particular we discuss: implicit methods such as the ADI algorithm, full-matrix methods such as the panel method, and sparse matrix methods such as conjugate gradient. We focus on regular meshes, since these can be efficiently represented by the existing HPF definition. The codes discussed are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.npac.syr.edu/hpfa/ alongwith other educational and discussion material related to applications in HPF.


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