Application of the hypercube parallel processor to a large-scale moment method code

Author

Manshadi, F. ; Liewer, P.C. ; Patterson, J.E.

Author_Institution

TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

7-12 Feb. 1988

Firstpage

42705

Lastpage

42713

Abstract

The applicability of a parallel computing architecture to the solution of a large-scale moment-method code is investigated. Specifically, the NEC (Numerical Electromagnetics Code) method-of-moments scattering program is implemented on a hypercube parallel processor. The accuracy and the increase in the speed of execution on this parallel architecture are demonstrated. The results show a very large reduction in execution time for large problems. The great potential of this parallel processor is shown for interactive solution of large NEC problems as well as other moment-method techniques such as the finite-element method.<>

Keywords

finite element analysis; parallel algorithms; parallel architectures; NEC; Numerical Electromagnetics Code; accuracy; finite-element method; hypercube parallel processor; interactive solution; large-scale moment method code; method-of-moments scattering program; numerical electromagnetics code; parallel computing architecture; speed of execution; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Equations; Hypercubes; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Moment methods; National electric code; Parallel processing; Propulsion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Applications Conference, 1988. Digest., 1988 IEEE

Conference_Location

Park City, UT, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.1988.38668

Filename

38668