Title :
In-Situ visualization in fluid mechanics using Catalyst: A case study for Code Saturne
Author :
Lorendeau, Benjamin ; Fournier, Yvan ; Ribes, Alejandro
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Bordeaux 1, Bordeaux, France
Abstract :
Numerical simulations using supercomputers are producing an increasingly larger volume of data to be visualized. In this context, Catalyst is a prototype In-Situ visualization library developed by Kitware to help reduce the data post-treatment overhead. On the other side, Code Saturne is a Computational Fluid Dynamics code used at Eléctricité de France (EDF), one of the biggest electricity producers in Europe, for its large scale numerical simulations. In this article we present a study case where Catalyst is integrated into Code Saturne. We evaluate the feasibility and performance of this integration by running two test cases in one of our corporate supercomputers.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; data visualisation; flow simulation; fluid mechanics; parallel machines; Catalyst; Code Saturne; EDF; Eléctricité de France; Kitware; computational fluid dynamics code; data post-treatment overhead; data visualization; fluid mechanics; in-situ visualization library developed; numerical simulation; supercomputer; Code Saturne; Computational Fluid Dynamics; In-Situ Visualization; Large-Scale Scientific Simulations Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Large-Scale Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), 2013 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
DOI :
10.1109/LDAV.2013.6675158