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Parallel MSC/NASTRAN on distributed memory computers

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High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN-Europe 1995)

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The objective of the paper is to report on the parallelization of MSC/NASTRAN for distributed memory machines. The corresponding code, which is portable to a variety of HPC platforms, is being developed within the European ESPRIT III project Europort-1. The parallel code will be capable of linear statics and normal modes analysis. Parallel MSC/NASTRAN is based on a supermodule architecture which is well suited for parallel distributed memory computers. Sophisticated algorithms are used to exploit the potential parallelism. The parallel code is going to be tested with real-life examples provided by industrial endusers. At the end of the paper we present preliminary performance results and give some remarks on the lessons learnt during the parallelization.

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  1. Stefan Mayer

    Present address: MacNeal-Schwendler GmbH, Innsbrucker Ring 15, D-81612, Műnchen, Germany

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  1. MacNeal-Schwendler GmbH, Innsbrucker Ring 15, D-81612, Műnchen, Germany

    Petra Poschmann, Shawn Shamsian & Louis Komzsik

  2. Parallel Applications Centre, Chilworth Research Centre, 2 Venture Road, SO16 7NP, Southampton, UK

    Ian Boston & Mike Surridge

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Mayer, S., Poschmann, P., Shamsian, S., Komzsik, L., Boston, I., Surridge, M. (1995). Parallel MSC/NASTRAN on distributed memory computers. In: Hertzberger, B., Serazzi, G. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 919. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0046725

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