Masters Theses
Date of Award
12-2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Computer Engineering
Major Professor
David J Icove
Committee Members
Gregory D. Peterson, Mark E. Dean
Abstract
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) provides a computational fluid dynamics model of a fire, which can be visualized by using NIST Smokeview (SMV). Users must create a configuration file (*.fds) that describes the environment and other characteristics of the fire scene so that the FDS software can produce the output file (*.smv) needed for visualization.The processing can be computationally intensive, often taking between several minutes and several hours to complete. In many cases, a user will create a file that is not optimized for a multicore computing system. By dividing meshes within the fds file, the author was able to substantially reduce the computing time.
Recommended Citation
Collins, Donald Charles, "Dividing and Conquering Meshes within the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) on Multicore Computing Systems. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2015.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/3573
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