Feasibility of a Special-Purpose Computer To Solve the Navier-Stokes Equations

Eugene C. Gritton, William S. King, I. E. Sutherland, R. Stockton Gaines, Carl Gazley, C. E. Grosch, M. L. Juncosa, H. E. Petersen

ResearchPublished 1977

This report summarizes the results of a two-day workshop at The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, March 9-10, 1977, where participants discussed the feasibility of developing a special-purpose computer to solve the Navier-Stokes equations. The conclusions from a preliminary RAND study and the workshop consensus are discussed and they suggest that a special-purpose, parallel-processor machine capable of important fluid dynamics simulations might be technically and economically feasible in the early 1980 time period. The report presents a conceptual design for such a computer, an analysis of how it can be used to solve the Navier-Stokes equations, and performance estimates.

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Gritton, Eugene C., William S. King, I. E. Sutherland, R. Stockton Gaines, Carl Gazley, C. E. Grosch, M. L. Juncosa, and H. E. Petersen, Feasibility of a Special-Purpose Computer To Solve the Navier-Stokes Equations, RAND Corporation, R-2183-RC, 1977. As of October 11, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2183.html
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Gritton, Eugene C., William S. King, I. E. Sutherland, R. Stockton Gaines, Carl Gazley, C. E. Grosch, M. L. Juncosa, and H. E. Petersen, Feasibility of a Special-Purpose Computer To Solve the Navier-Stokes Equations. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1977. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2183.html. Also available in print form.
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