Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10332848 | Journal of Computational Science | 2013 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
We investigate the performance of the HemeLB lattice-Boltzmann simulator for cerebrovascular blood flow, aimed at providing timely and clinically relevant assistance to neurosurgeons. HemeLB is optimised for sparse geometries, supports interactive use, and scales well to 32,768 cores for problems with â¼81 million lattice sites. We obtain a maximum performance of 29.5 billion site updates per second, with only an 11% slowdown for highly sparse problems (5% fluid fraction). We present steering and visualisation performance measurements and provide a model which allows users to predict the performance, thereby determining how to run simulations with maximum accuracy within time constraints.
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Authors
Derek Groen, James Hetherington, Hywel B. Carver, Rupert W. Nash, Miguel O. Bernabeu, Peter V. Coveney,