Abstract
One of the key issues when running a simulation on multiple CPUs is maintaining a proper load balance throughout the run and minimizing communications between CPUs. We propose a novel method of utilizing a Voronoi diagram to achieve a nearly perfect load balance without the need of any global redistributions of data. As a show case, we implement our method in RICH, a two-dimensional moving mesh hydrodynamical code, but it can be extended trivially to other codes in two or three dimensions. Our tests show that this method is indeed efficient and can be used in a large variety of existing hydrodynamical codes.
Original language | American English |
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Article number | 14 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series |
Volume | 216 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- hydrodynamics
- methods: numerical