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Acceleration of discrete ordinates calculations using parallel partial current rebalance algorithm and algebraic multigrid solver

  • T. Cheng
  • , Z. Mo
  • , J. Wei
  • , G. Zhang
  • , H. Shen
  • , L. Deng
  • China Academy of Engineering Physics

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Abstract

To accelerate the discrete ordinates calculation in real-world radiation shielding and reactor physics applications, this paper presents our effort on developing a parallel PCR (Partial Current Rebalance) acceleration algorithm for source iteration. The PCR algorithm takes advantage of the advanced AMG solver to improve the convergence rate of the acceleration equation solution. The parallelization is facilitated by using the patch-based domain partition algorithm, which enables utilizing large-scale parallel machines. The correctness and effectiveness are demonstrated through the Takeda benchmark models and the QS-II (Qinshan-II) radiation shielding model. In simulating the QS-II model with 7.4 billion degrees of freedom, the compute time is reduced by a factor of 2.6 on single processor and the parallel efficiency of 44% is achieved on 1536 CPU cores.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhysics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016
Subtitle of host publicationUnifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century
PublisherAmerican Nuclear Society
Pages3188-3197
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781510825734
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventPhysics of Reactors 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, PHYSOR 2016 - Sun Valley, United States
Duration: 1 May 20165 May 2016

Publication series

NamePhysics of Reactors 2016, PHYSOR 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century
Volume5

Conference

ConferencePhysics of Reactors 2016: Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century, PHYSOR 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySun Valley
Period1/05/165/05/16

Keywords

  • Algebraic multigrid
  • Discrete ordinates
  • Parallel computing
  • Partial current rebalance
  • Radiation shielding calculation

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