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hsieh

September 13, 2006 16:03

Hi, Can someone explain the

Hi,

Can someone explain the differences between the three different methods in decomposeParDict?

What will be the rules to partition the computational domain? Any special thing about domain with interfaces (interFoam)?

Thanks!

pei

msrinath80

December 24, 2006 11:07

I find Metis to be the simples

I find Metis to be the simplest method to get started. The objective of Metis is to distribute the load evenly (default setting) with minimal inter-processor communication.

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