Profiling and application of the multi-scale universal interface (MUI)

A. Skillen, S. M. Longshaw, G. Cartland-Glover, C. Moulinec, D. R. Emerson

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to test the scalability of the multi-scale universal interface (MUI) code coupling library. This has been done by coupling two independent synthetic solvers to one another, which are then given an embarrassingly parallel workload. The quantity of work done by each synthetic solver, and the amount of data transferred, is representative of a typical multi-physics coupled problem. Both volumetric coupling (where whole fields are transferred), and interface coupling (where several variables at the two-dimensional interface between three-dimensional meshes) are tested. It is shown that the multi-scale universal interface scales well to a minimum of O(104) MPI tasks. We also demonstrate the use of the MUI library in coupling a neutronics code (DYn3D) to a CFD code (Code Saturne). We demonstrate this coupling by simulating a simplified molten salt fast nuclear reactor.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics: Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems, ECCM 2018 and 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2018
Subtitle of host publicationSolids, Structures and Coupled Problems, ECCM 2018 and 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2018
EditorsRoger Owen, Rene de Borst, Jason Reese, Chris Pearce
PublisherCIMNE
Pages2013-2020
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9788494731167
ISBN (Print)9788494731167
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event6th ECCOMAS European Conference on Computational Mechanics: Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems, ECCM 2018 and 7th ECCOMAS European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2018 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 11 Jun 201815 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics: Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems, ECCM 2018 and 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2018

Conference

Conference6th ECCOMAS European Conference on Computational Mechanics: Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems, ECCM 2018 and 7th ECCOMAS European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period11/06/1815/06/18

Keywords

  • Code Coupling
  • HPC
  • Neutronics-CFD coupling

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