Speed and memory requirements placed on supercomputers by five different disciplines important to aerospace are discussed and compared with the capabilities of various existing computers and those projected to be available before the end of this century. The disciplines chosen for consideration are turbulence physics, aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, chemistry, and human vision modeling. Example results for problems illustrative of those currently being solved in each of the disciplines are presented and discussed. Limitations imposed on physical modeling and geometrical complexity by the need to obtain solutions in practical amounts of time are identified. Computational challenges for the future, for which either some or all of the current limitations are removed, are described. Meeting some of the challenges will require computer speeds in excess of exaflop/s (1018 flop/s) and memories in excess of petawords (1015 words).
Supercomputer requirements for selected disciplines important to aerospace
Anforderungen an jetzige und zukuenftige Groesstrechner fuer wichtige Gebiete der Luft- und Raumfahrt
Proceedings of the IEEE ; 77 , 7 ; 1038-1055
1989
18 Seiten, 28 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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