Upgrading of a Linux PC Cluster for Geodynamical Modeling

这笔赠款为密歇根大学地质科学系安装Linux PC集群提供部分支持。私家侦探彼得·范·科肯是一名专门研究地球动力学的助理教授。除了范科肯，该设施还将由Lars Stixrude、Carolina Lithgow-Berelloni和Larry Ruff使用。该星系团将被广泛用于地球结构和动力学的建模，重点是热化学对流、化学混合、地球的热演化和从头计算晶体结构。计算方法基于二维和三维有限元应用的并行区域分解、并行傅立叶变换和多参数空间的蒙特卡罗研究。该设施将支持与包括普渡大学、亚利桑那州立大学、明尼苏达大学和耶鲁大学在内的几个机构的调查人员合作的项目。该群组将与地球物理、计算和可视化设施相结合。***

0091971Van KekenThis grant provides partial support for the installation of a linux PC cluster in the department of Geological Sciences at the University of Michigan. The PI, Peter van Keken, is an assistant professor specializing in geodynamics. In addition to Van Keken, the facility will be used by Lars Stixrude, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni and Larry Ruff. The cluster will be used extensively for modeling of Earth's structure and dynamics with focus on thermochemical convection, chemical mixing, Earth's thermal evolution and ab-initio crystal structure calculations. Computational methods are based on parallel domain decomposition of 2D and 3D finite element applications, parallel Fourier transforms and Monte-Carlo investigations of multi-parameter spaces. This facility will support collaborative projects with investigators at several institutions that include Purdue, Arizona State, Minnesota, and Yale. The cluster will be integrated with the geophysics computational and visualization facilities. ***