Running finite-difference schemes for 3D diffusion problems on parallel computers with distributed memory

Abstract

In this paper we consider the problem of solving 3D diffusion problems on distributed memory computers. We present a parallel algorithm that is suitable for the number of processors less or equal 8. The pipelining method is used to enlarge the number of processors till 64. The computational grid decomposition method is proposed for heterogenous clusters of workstations which preserves the load balancing of computers. The numerical results for two clusters of workstations are given.