Parallel Mesh Adaptive Techniques Illustrated with Complex Compressible Flow Simulations

Table 3

Step-by-step grid sizes for different number of processors after 1, 2, and 3 adaptation steps, and after 1 adaptation step for 64 and 128 restarting from 32 final solution and grid. 3D wedge.

Steps	Processors	N_nodes	N_elements	N_surf_el
Step 1	4	140 180	811 918	20 902
	8	140 129	811 258	20 868
	16	140 133	810 941	20 915
	32	140 108	810 176	20 941
Step 2	4	362 718	2 145 897	31 844
	8	364 891	2 158 249	31 728
	16	365 409	2 161 629	31 911
	32	367 912	2 176 392	31 923
Step 3	8	1 118 350	6 721 070	50 714
	16	1 123 896	6 756 786	50 931
	32	1 131 649	6 806 732	50 949
Restart	64	3 843 363	23 310 788	85 648
	128	3 842 828	23 298 937	85 647