Title :
Parallel implementation of the vector finite element and finite difference time domain methods
Author :
Butrylo, Boguslaw ; Vollaire, Christian ; Nicolas, Laurent
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Bialystok, Poland
Abstract :
The properties of finite difference time domain (FDTD) and finite element time domain (FETD) methods are described and discussed in the paper. The restrictions and advantages of the methods in sequential form are given. The numerical performance of the distributed implementations of the FDTD and FETD methods is compared. They were tested on PC heterogeneous cluster. The scalability, load balancing and speedup of the methods are discussed.
Keywords :
electrical engineering computing; electromagnetic fields; finite difference time-domain analysis; finite element analysis; parallel algorithms; resource allocation; electromagnetic fields; finite difference time domain; finite element time domain; load balancing; numerical analysis; parallel algorithms; scalability; sequential form; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic fields; Finite difference methods; Finite element methods; Frequency; Magnetic fields; Maxwell equations; Numerical analysis; Testing; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering, 2002. PARELEC '02. Proceedings. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1730-7
DOI :
10.1109/PCEE.2002.1115290
