A brief description of what this is about
This page presents a grid based simulation for hydraulics of microirrigation systems. Details of the model and a computational grid facility developed at the University of Florida are described in the tutorial.
Grid computing is a form of distributed computing that involves coordination and sharing of computational resources, data, storage capacity and network resources that are geographically dispersed. It involves the creation of a simple, yet large and powerful self-managing virtual computer resulting from the connection of these distributed but connected heterogeneous resources.
Simulation algorithms must be presented in a form suitable for grid computing. The development of these algorithms and their implementation is described in the tutorial.
The simulation can be used to calculate the distribution of discharge, presssure and flow in a heterogeneous microirrigation subunit. There are no restrictions related to geometry, topography and hydraulic devices (emitters placed on the subunit).
The simulation is intended to provide a tool for analysis of any microirrigation subunit without use the traditional assumptions about hydraulic behavior and geometry in the calculations. In adition, the simulation provides a resource for the student of the hydraulic behavior of microirrigation systems.
Credits
This work was the result of a multidisciplinary team involving agricultural engineering and computer science graduate students as well as the staff in the Office of Academic Technology.
Elsa Susana Sepulveda Bustos. Graduate Student. All aspects related to the research and development related to hydraulics and parallelization of the simulation problem.
Yu Long. Graduate Student, All aspects related related to the research and implementation of the simulation algorithms on a desktop grid.
Michael Kutyna. Desktop Grid Manager and Senior Programmer/Analyst, Office of Academic Technology Office.
Fedro S. Zazueta. Professor and Director, Office of Academic Technology. Faculty advisor to the project.