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Finite/Discrete Element Analysis of Multi-fracture and Multi-contact Phenomena

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A dynamic domain decomposition strategy is proposed for the effective parallel implementation of combined finite/discrete element approaches for problems involving multi-fracture and multi-contact phenomena. Attention is focused on the parallelised interaction detection between discrete objects. Two graph representation models, are proposed and a load imbalance detection and re-balancing scheme is also suggested. Finally, numerical examples are provided to illustrate the parallel performance achieved with the current implementation.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wales Swansea, SA2 8PP, Swansea, UK

    D. R. J. Owen, Y. T. Feng, Jianguo Yu & Djordje Perić

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  1. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    José M. L. M. Palma

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  3. Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n, Apartado 22012, E-46020, Valencia, Spain

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Owen, D.R.J., Feng, Y.T., Yu, J., Perić, D. (2001). Finite/Discrete Element Analysis of Multi-fracture and Multi-contact Phenomena. In: Palma, J.M.L.M., Dongarra, J., Hernández, V. (eds) Vector and Parallel Processing — VECPAR 2000. VECPAR 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1981. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44942-6_40

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