Efficiency improvement of viscous ship flow computations through use of the Graphics Processing Unit: A performance analysis on different hardware

Maritime hydrodynamics involves strong inertia-driven flows, including free-surface waves, and with Reynolds numbers as high as 109. Numerical modelling of these flows is therefore a true challenge. Especially for the optimization of the design of the aft part of the ship, where viscous effects cannot be discarded. At MARIN, the viscous flow...