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Parallel reservoir simulation based on domain decomposition techniques

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High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN-Europe 1996)

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We have studied parallelisation methods for the pressure equation in the reservoir simulator Frontsim for three-dimensional reservoirs. In order to obtain a faster simulator and finer resolution, we have studied the use of domain decomposition methods combined with the use of parallel processing. Both the additive and multiplicative Schwarz methods have been implemented together with coarse grid solver techniques. The code is parallelised using the PVM message passing library for communication and has been tested on a cluster of workstations as well as on a tightly coupled multiprocessor machine. This effort is part of the EC-ESPRIT III / EUROPORT2 project. Some implementational results are given.

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  1. Para//ab, Institutt for Informatikk, University of Bergen, Høyteknologisenteret, N-5020, Bergen, Norway

    Petter Bjørstad, Randi Moe & Eero Vainikko

  2. Technical Software Consultants AS, Gaustadalléen 21, N-0371, Oslo, Norway

    Rudi Olufsen

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Heather Liddell Adrian Colbrook Bob Hertzberger Peter Sloot

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Bjørstad, P., Moe, R., Olufsen, R., Vainikko, E. (1996). Parallel reservoir simulation based on domain decomposition techniques. In: Liddell, H., Colbrook, A., Hertzberger, B., Sloot, P. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1067. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_523

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