GPU Solutions to Multi-scale Problems in Science and Engineering
By: edited by David A. Yuen, Long Wang, Xuebin Chi, Lennart Johnsson, Wei Ge, Yaolin Shi
Contributors: Wang, Long; Chi, Xuebin; Johnsson, Lennart; Ge, Wei; Shi, Yaolin; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 689
ISBN-13: 9783642164057
Subjects: Physical geography; Physical organic chemistry; Electronic data processing; Geophysics/Geodesy; Physical and theoretical Chemistry; Materials; Computer science; Numeric Computing; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials
Description: This book covers the new topic of GPU computing with many applications involved, taken from diverse fields such as networking, seismology, fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will show the public why GPU computing is important and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU computing is useful and how to implement codes in an everyday situation.
Table of contents: title: Initial-value problems associated with viscoelasticity in the geosciences; title: The geophysical phenomenon of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment; title: Initial Value Approach with the MOL; title: Elastic and Viscoelastic Responses; title: Current Numerical Methods for integrating VIP; title: GPU Hardware aspects; title: GPU Software aspects; title: Philosophy of GPU Implementation of the MOL in VIP problems; title: Code conversion versus Code implementation using CUDA or Open CL; title: Examples of Postglacial Rebound; title: Future Perspectives of VIP on GPU.