Postgraduate Course: HPC Techniques in Computational Engineering (PGPH11022)
Course Outline
| School | School of Physics and Astronomy |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Content will include an overview of CFD methods, including an assessment of incompressible and compressible techniques. An overview of parallelisation strategies, focussing on both structured and unstructured grids. The key implementation details of a number of practical codes will be provided. There will be two practical sessions in which the students will have the opportunity to perform CFD simulations on HPCx. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of incompressible and compressible CFD methods.
- Demonstrate understanding of the current status in parallel CFD.
- Understand partitioning strategies for structured grids.
- Understand partitioning strategies for unstructured grids.
- Understand algorithic implications of parallel decomposition. |
Assessment Information
| 100% examination consisting of a two hour exam |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Judy Hardy
Tel: (0131 6)50 6716
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Course secretary | Yuhua Lei
Tel: (0131 6) 517067
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