A numerical simulation of groundwater flow and contaminant transport on the CRAY T3D and C90 supercomputers

Authors
Ashby, SF Bosl, WJ Falgout, RD Smith, SG Tompson, AFB Williams, TJ
Citation
Sf. Ashby et al., A numerical simulation of groundwater flow and contaminant transport on the CRAY T3D and C90 supercomputers, INT J HI PE, 13(1), 1999, pp. 80-93
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science & Engineering
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS
ISSN journal
10943420 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
80 - 93
Database
ISI
SICI code
1094-3420(199921)13:1<80:ANSOGF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Numerical simulations of groundwater flow and chemical transport through th ree-dimensional heterogeneous porous media are described. The authors emplo y two GRAY supercomputers for different parts of the decoupled calculation: the flow field is computed on the T3D massively parallel computer, and the contaminant migration is simulated on the C90 vector supercomputer. The au thors compare simulation results for subsurface models based on homogeneous and heterogeneous conceptual models and find that the heterogeneities have a profound impact on the character of contaminant migration.