Parallel 3D-TLM algorithm for simulation of the Earth-ionosphere cavity

  • Authors:

  • Sergio Toledo-Redondo;Alfonso Salinas;Juan Antonio Morente-Molinera;Antonio Méndez;Jesús Fornieles;Jorge Portí;Juan Antonio Morente

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Electromagnetism and Matter Physics, University of Granada, Faculty of Science, Avda. Fuentenueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain;Department of Electromagnetism and Matter Physics, University of Granada, Faculty of Science, Avda. Fuentenueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain;Higher Technical School of Information Technology and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain;Department of Electromagnetism and Matter Physics, University of Granada, Faculty of Science, Avda. Fuentenueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain;Department of Electromagnetism and Matter Physics, University of Granada, Faculty of Science, Avda. Fuentenueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain;Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Faculty of Science, Avda. Fuentenueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain;Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Faculty of Science, Avda. Fuentenueva S/N, 18071 Granada, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

A parallel 3D algorithm for solving time-domain electromagnetic problems with arbitrary geometries is presented. The technique employed is the Transmission Line Modeling (TLM) method implemented in Shared Memory (SM) environments. The benchmarking performed reveals that the maximum speedup depends on the memory size of the problem as well as multiple hardware factors, like the disposition of CPUs, cache, or memory. A maximum speedup of 15 has been measured for the largest problem. In certain circumstances of low memory requirements, superlinear speedup is achieved using our algorithm. The model is employed to model the Earth-ionosphere cavity, thus enabling a study of the natural electromagnetic phenomena that occur in it. The algorithm allows complete 3D simulations of the cavity with a resolution of 10km, within a reasonable timescale.