Abstract
Abstract: The essential pre-requisites for any solver to tackle real life 3D problems are to handle complex geometries and quick turnaround time. In this direction an Unstructured Finite Volume (FVM) based multi-threaded heat conduction solver has been developed to address both the issues respectively. The solver is object oriented and written in Java language. Unstructured Finite Volume method has been utilized for the space discretization and a four stage Runge-Kutta scheme is used for time integration. This solution methodology is highly parallelizable and extensively used in CFD codes. The present solver can handle non-linear steady state and transient 3D thermal problems with Dirichlet, Neumann and surface radiation boundary conditions. The solver has been validated against bench mark problems. In the present work a 3D complex geometry is discretised into 2.5 lakh hexahedrons has been taken as a test case to demonstrate the efficiency of the solver with multi-threading in dual processor machines. The results obtained are presented.
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