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waLBerla: A block-structured high-performance framework for multiphysics simulations

Martin Bauer, Sebastian Eibl, Christian Godenschwager, Nils Kohl, Michael Kuron, Christoph Rettinger, Florian Schornbaum, Christoph Schwarzmeier, Dominik Thönnes, Harald Köstler, Ulrich Rüde
Chair for System Simulation, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstraße 11, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
arXiv:1909.13772 [cs.DC], (30 Sep 2019)

@misc{bauer2019walberla,

   title={waLBerla: A block-structured high-performance framework for multiphysics simulations},

   author={Martin Bauer and Sebastian Eibl and Christian Godenschwager and Nils Kohl and Michael Kuron and Christoph Rettinger and Florian Schornbaum and Christoph Schwarzmeier and Dominik Thönnes and Harald Köstler and Ulrich Rüde},

   year={2019},

   eprint={1909.13772},

   archivePrefix={arXiv},

   primaryClass={cs.DC}

}

Programming current supercomputers efficiently is a challenging task. Multiple levels of parallelism on the core, on the compute node, and between nodes need to be exploited to make full use of the system. Heterogeneous hardware architectures with accelerators further complicate the development process. waLBerla addresses these challenges by providing the user with highly efficient building blocks for developing simulations on block-structured grids. The block-structured domain partitioning is flexible enough to handle complex geometries, while the structured grid within each block allows for highly efficient implementations of stencil-based algorithms. We present several example applications realized with waLBerla, ranging from lattice Boltzmann methods to rigid particle simulations. Most importantly, these methods can be coupled together, enabling multiphysics simulations. The framework uses meta-programming techniques to generate highly efficient code for CPUs and GPUs from a symbolic method formulation. To ensure software quality and performance portability, a continuous integration toolchain automatically runs an extensive test suite encompassing multiple compilers, hardware architectures, and software configurations.
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