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Jul 29, 2013
An HPC Framework for Large Scale Simulations and Visualizations of Oil Spill Trajectories
Authors: Jian Tao [email protected], Werner Benger, Kelin Hu, Edwin Mathews, Marcel Ritter, Peter Diener, Carola Kaiser, Haihong Zhao, Gabrielle Allen, and Qin ChenAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Coastal Hazards
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The objective of this work is to build a high performance computing framework for simulating, analyzing and visualizing oil spill trajectories driven by winds and ocean currents. We adopt a particle model for oil and track the trajectories of oil particles using 2D surface currents and winds, which can either be measured directly or estimated with sophisticated coastal storm and ocean circulation models. Our work is built upon the Cactus computational framework. The numerical implementation of the particle model as well as the model coupling modules will become crucial parts of our upcoming full 3D oil spill modeling toolkit. Employing high performance computing and networking, the simulation time can be greatly reduced. Given timely injection of the measurement data, our work can be helpful to predict oil trajectories and facilitate oil clean up, especially after a tropical cyclone.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Computer vision and image processing
- Decision making
- Decision support systems
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Hazardous materials spills
- Man-made disasters
- Materials engineering
- Methodology (by type)
- Models (by type)
- Numerical models
- Particles
- Practice and Profession
- Structural engineering
- Three-dimensional models
- Two-dimensional models
- Wind engineering
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Center for Computation & Technology, Louisiana State University. Email: [email protected]
Werner Benger
Center for Computation & Technology, Louisiana State University
Kelin Hu
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University
Edwin Mathews
Center for Computation & Technology and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University
Marcel Ritter
Center for Computation & Technology, Louisiana State University and Unit of Hydraulic Engineering, Department of Infrastructure, University of Innsbruck
Peter Diener
Center for Computation & Technology and Department of Physics, Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University
Carola Kaiser
Center for Computation & Technology and School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University
Haihong Zhao
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University
Gabrielle Allen
Center for Computation & Technology and Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University
Qin Chen
Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University
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