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Modelling vortex flowfields by supercomputers with super-size memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Arthur Rizzi
Arthur Rizzi*
Affiliation:
FFA The Aeronautical Research Institute of SwedenBromma, Sweden
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Summary

Propelled by the rapid advances in VLSI technology, supercomputers are now appearing with much larger real memory capacity than previously available. These new machines are expanding our ability to formulate very large-scale discrete models in order to discover non-linear dynamical flow behaviour. With a synergetic computational-analytical view point, we can begin to explore new and unexpected flow phenomena such as wave-like instabilities of vortices and even the onset of coherent large-scale turbulence brought about by vortex stretching.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 89 , Issue 884 , April 1985 , pp. 149 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1985 

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