Parallel Algorithm Oriented Mesh Database

Proceedings, 10th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.197-206, October 7-10 2001

MESHING
RESEARCH
CORNER

10th International Meshing Roundtable
Newport Beach, California, U.S.A.
October 7-10, 2001

Scientific Computation Research Center,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, New York, USA.
Corresponding author: remacle@scorec.rpi.edu

Abstract
In this paper, we present a new point of view for efficiently managing general parallel mesh representations. Taking as a starting point the Algorithm Oriented Method Database (AOMD) of [12] we extend the concepts to a parallel mesh representation. The important aspects of parallel adaptivity and dynamic load balancing are discussed. We finally show how AOMD can be effectively interfaced with mesh adaptive partial differential equation solvers. Results of the calculation of an elasticity problem and of a transient fluid dynamics problem involving thousands of mesh refinements, and load balancings are finally presented.

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