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Comparison of Domain Partitioning Algorithms in the Problem of Direct Flow Simulation in Rock Samples at the Pore Scale
The combination of computed tomography and computational experiment is an important and promising tool in the study of the properties of various materials. State-of-the-art tomographic methods allow us to obtain a three-dimensional image of materials with a high resolution, which leads to a high dim...
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Published in: | Mathematical models and computer simulations 2020-11, Vol.12 (6), p.990-995 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The combination of computed tomography and computational experiment is an important and promising tool in the study of the properties of various materials. State-of-the-art tomographic methods allow us to obtain a three-dimensional image of materials with a high resolution, which leads to a high dimension of discrete settings (10
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numerical cells). They cannot be analyzed without the application of parallel computing methods. In turn, the efficiency of parallel simulations with a large number of processors depends largely on the balanced distribution of the grid across the processors. In this study, simulation of a single-phase fluid flow in the pore space of a sandstone sample with a voxel representation is used to compare the partitions obtained by various methods using the ParMETIS, Zoltan, and GridSpiderPar parallel partitioning tools. The average time spent on the interprocess exchange during one time step of the considered parallel simulation is compared when the grid is distributed over the cores in accordance with various partitions. The results demonstrate the advantages of some algorithms and reveal the crucial criteria for the problem. The DiMP-Hydro software is used as the numerical simulator. |
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ISSN: | 2070-0482 2070-0490 |
DOI: | 10.1134/S2070048220060113 |