Ewer, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0609-272X, Galea, Edwin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-6665, Patel, Mayur and Knight, Brian (1999) Enhancing the numerical performance of fire field models (CMS Paper). CMS Press. ISBN 978-1899991532

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Abstract

This paper describes two new techniques designed to enhance the performance of fire field modelling software. The two techniques are "group solvers" and automated dynamic control of the solution process, both of which are currently under development within the SMARTFIRE Computational Fluid Dynamics environment. The "group solver" is a derivation of common solver techniques used to obtain numerical solutions to the algebraic equations associated with fire field modelling. The purpose of "group solvers" is to reduce the computational overheads associated with traditional numerical solvers typically used in fire field modelling applications. In an example, discussed in this paper, the group solver is shown to provide a 37% saving in computational time compared with a traditional solver. The second technique is the automated dynamic control of the solution process, which is achieved through the use of artificial intelligence techniques. This is designed to improve the convergence capabilities of the software while further decreasing the computational overheads. The technique automatically controls solver relaxation using an integrated production rule engine with a blackboard to monitor and implement the required control changes during solution processing. Initial results for a two-dimensional fire simulation are presented that demonstrate the potential for considerable savings in simulation run-times when compared with control sets from various sources. Furthermore, the results demonstrate the potential for enhanced solution reliability due to obtaining acceptable convergence within each time step, unlike some of the comparison simulations.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software T Technology > T Technology (General)
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2020 16:03
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/479

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