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A task-based parallel framework for ensemble simulations of rocket ignition

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Abstract

We present an integrated, parallel computational framework for exascale-oriented ensemble simulations of laser-induced ignition in a methane-oxygen rocket combustor. The framework employs the reacting flow solver HTR (Di Renzo et al., Comp. Phys. Comm. 2020). The solver uses the task-based programming model built on the Legion runtime system to achieve scalable simulation on supercomputers with heterogeneous architectures. The compressible, multi-species Navier-Stokes equations with finite-rate combustion chemistry are discretized on curvilinear grids using a low-dissipation conservative formulation. Laser-induced ignition is modeled by rapid, intense energy-deposition. This solver is integrated in a continuous development environment to manage a large software development team. The framework also leverages Legion’s mapper to efficiently perform the execution of ensembles simultaneously on GPUs and CPUs across multiple fidelities to carry out reliability and uncertainty quantification studies. We show verification examples as well as demonstrate the framework through combustor simulations using representative parameters.

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Presenters

  • Kazuki Maeda

    Stanford University, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, USA

Authors

  • Kazuki Maeda

    Stanford University, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, USA

  • Mario Di Renzo

    CERFACS, Cerfacs, Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique (CERFACS), France, Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique, France

  • Thiago Teixeira

    Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, USA

  • Jonathan M Wang

    Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, USA

  • Jeffrey M Hokanson

    Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

  • Caetano Melone

    Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, USA

  • Steve Jones

    Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, USA

  • Javier Urzay

    Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, USA, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Stanford Univ

  • Gianluca Iaccarino

    Stanford University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, USA