Some concepts in parallel run in Elmer using ElmerSolver_mpi

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Some concepts in parallel run in Elmer using ElmerSolver_mpi

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Some commands on parallel run in Elmer software:
1. Mesh partitioning command:
This command is the first step in parallel run in Elmer using ElmerGrid

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ElmerGrid 2 2 meshdirectoryname -partition 4 1 1 0
or symbolically,

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ElmerGrid 2 2 meshdirectoryname -partition Nx Ny Nz F
where, Nx, Ny, Nz are the number of partitions in x,y and z directions. The total number of partions = Nx*Ny*Nz and in this context 4*1*1 = 4
And, F = 0 indicates elementwise partion whereas F=1 indicates nodewise partition.

2. Running the elmersolver mpi command

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mpirun -np 4 ElmerSolver_mpi
provided that the sif file name is written in the ELMERSOLVER_STARTINFO file.

The concept of domain-decomposition method for mesh partitioning is shown by the following figure of Elmer Solvers Tutorial:
A figure from Elmer Solver Tutorial(http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/physics/elmer/doc/ElmerSolverManual.pdf)
A figure from Elmer Solver Tutorial(http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/physics/elmer/doc/ElmerSolverManual.pdf)
domain-decomposition-method-in_ Elmer.jpg (132 KiB) Viewed 4062 times
Source/Reference: Ruokolainen, J. et al, 2016, Elmer Solver Manual, Chapter 16, Parallel Runs, CSC – IT Center for Science, Espoo, Finland. (http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/physics ... Manual.pdf)

Yours Sincerely,
Anil Kunwar
Anil Kunwar
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice
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