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Practical CFD Simulations on Programmable Graphics Hardware using SMAC

Carlos Eduardo Scheidegger, Joao L.D. Comba, Rudnei D. Da Cunha
Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, School of Computing, University of Utah, 50 S. Central Campus Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States
Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 24, Issue 4, pages 715-728, December 2005

@conference{scheidegger2005practical,

   title={Practical CFD Simulations on Programmable Graphics Hardware using SMACf},

   author={Scheidegger, C.E. and Comba, J.L.D. and Da Cunha, R.D.},

   booktitle={Computer Graphics Forum},

   volume={24},

   number={4},

   pages={715–728},

   issn={1467-8659},

   year={2005},

   organization={Wiley Online Library}

}

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