In-Situ visualization in fluid mechanics using Catalyst: A case study for Code Saturne

Abstract

Numerical simulations using supercomputers are producing an increasingly larger volume of data to be visualized. In this context, Catalyst is a prototype In-Situ visualization library developed by Kitware to help reduce the data post-treatment overhead. On the other side, Code Saturne is a Computational Fluid Dynamics code used at Eléctricité de France (EDF), one of the biggest electricity producers in Europe, for its large scale numerical simulations. In this article we present a study case where Catalyst is integrated into Code Saturne. We evaluate the feasibility and performance of this integration by running two test cases in one of our corporate supercomputers.