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Finite element adaptive mesh analysis using a cluster of workstations
Author(s) -
Wang K. P.,
Bruch J. C.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(199801)27:1/4<179::aid-fld658>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - workstation , computer science , scalability , domain decomposition methods , computation , parallel computing , finite element method , parallel algorithm , computer cluster , cluster (spacecraft) , computational science , load balancing (electrical power) , software , virtual machine , distributed computing , algorithm , operating system , engineering , mathematics , geometry , structural engineering , grid
Parallel computation on clusters of workstations is becoming one of the major trends in the study of parallel computations, because of their high computing speed, cost effectiveness and scalability. This paper presents studies of using a cluster of workstations for the finite element adaptive mesh analysis of a free surface seepage problem. A parallel algorithm proven to be simple to implement and efficient is used to perform the analysis. A network of workstations is used as the hardware of a parallel system. Two parallel software packages, P4 and PVM (parallel virtual machine), are used to handle communications among networked workstations. Computational issues to be discussed are domain decomposition, load balancing, and communication time. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.