Multiphysics simulations: Challenges and opportunities

David E. Keyes, Lois C. McInnes, Carol Woodward, William Gropp, Eric Myra, Michael Pernice, John Bell, Jed Brown, Alain Clo, Jeffrey Connors, Emil Constantinescu, Don Estep, Kate Evans, Charbel Farhat, Ammar Hakim, Glenn Hammond, Glen Hansen, Judith Hill, Tobin Isaac, Xiangmin JiaoKirk Jordan, Dinesh Kaushik, Efthimios Kaxiras, Alice Koniges, Kihwan Lee, Aaron Lott, Qiming Lu, John Magerlein, Reed Maxwell, Michael McCourt, Miriam Mehl, Roger Pawlowski, Amanda P. Randles, Daniel Reynolds, Beatrice Rivière, Ulrich Rüde, Tim Scheibe, John Shadid, Brendan Sheehan, Mark Shephard, Andrew Siegel, Barry Smith, Xianzhu Tang, Cian Wilson, Barbara Wohlmuth

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Abstract

We consider multiphysics applications from algorithmic and architectural perspectives, where "algorithmic" includes both mathematical analysis and computational complexity, and "architectural" includes both software and hardware environments. Many diverse multiphysics applications can be reduced, en route to their computational simulation, to a common algebraic coupling paradigm. Mathematical analysis of multiphysics coupling in this form is not always practical for realistic applications, but model problems representative of applications discussed herein can provide insight. A variety of software frameworks for multiphysics applications have been constructed and refined within disciplinary communities and executed on leading-edge computer systems. We examine several of these, expose some commonalities among them, and attempt to extrapolate best practices to future systems. From our study, we summarize challenges and forecast opportunities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4-83
Number of pages80
JournalInternational Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2013

Funding

The workshop from which this document originated was sponsored by the Institute for Computing in Science, funded by the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, under Contract DE-AC02-06CH11357.

FundersFunder number
Institute for Computing in Science
National Science Foundation1068419, 1237555
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC02-06CH11357
Office of Science
Advanced Scientific Computing Research

    Keywords

    • Multiphysics
    • implicit and explicit algorithms
    • loose and tight coupling.
    • multimodel
    • multirate
    • multiscale
    • strong and weak coupling

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