A GPU-based hydrodynamic numerical model for urban rainstorm inundation simulations

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Title: A GPU-based hydrodynamic numerical model for urban rainstorm inundation simulations
Authors: Hao Han, Jingming Hou, Zhao Jin, Pingping Luo, Guodong Li, Ye Zhang, Jiahui Gong, Da Luo, Siqi Yang
Source: Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2024)
Publisher Information: IWA Publishing, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Information technology
LCC:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Subject Terms: accelerated computing efficiency, hydrodynamic model, multi-gpu parallel computation method, urban rainstorm inundation simulation, Information technology, T58.5-58.64, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066
More Details: The response capacities of urban flood forecasting and risk control can be improved by strengthening the computational abilities of urban flood numerical models. In this work, a GPU-based hydrodynamic model is developed to simulate urban rainstorm inundations. By simulating rainstorm floods in a certain area of Xixian New City, the established model can implement high-resolution urban rainstorm inundation simulations with significantly accelerated computing performances. The accelerated computation efficiencies of the different rainstorm event simulations under resolutions of 5 and 2 m are quantitatively analysed, showing that the absolute and relative speedup ratios for all scenarios of applying two GPUs range from 10.8 to 12.6 and 1.32 to 1.68 times as much as those of a CPU and a single GPU, respectively. The application of a large-scale rainstorm inundation simulation shows the excellent acceleration performance of the model compared to previous research. In addition, the greater the number of computational grids included in the simulation, the more significant the effect on the acceleration computing performance. The proposed model efficiently predicts the spatial variation in the inundation water depth. The simulation results provide guidance for urban rainstorm inundation management, and they improve the time and efficiency of urban flood emergency decision-making. HIGHLIGHTS The GPU-based hydrodynamic model is used to evaluate sponge city rainstorm inundation.; Significant speedup of the model executed on multi-GPU compared to a single GPU.; The model is efficient for performing high-resolution sponge city inundation simulation.; Validation and speedup computing performance tests on real urban city-scale areas.;
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1464-7141
1465-1734
Relation: http://jhydro.iwaponline.com/content/26/1/1; https://doaj.org/toc/1464-7141; https://doaj.org/toc/1465-1734
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2023.152
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/af4e74257a1f44a2ade69a5eadc4a296
Accession Number: edsdoj.f4e74257a1f44a2ade69a5eadc4a296
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:14647141
14651734
DOI:10.2166/hydro.2023.152
Published in:Journal of Hydroinformatics
Language:English