Parallel and distributed processing for h-p adaptive finite-element analysis: a comparison of simulated and empirical studies

Author

McFee, Steve ; Wu, Qingying ; Dorica, Mark ; Giannacopoulos, Dennis

Author_Institution

Comput. Anal. & Design Lab., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

40

Issue

2

fYear

2004

fDate

3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

928

Lastpage

933

Abstract

Parallel processing techniques have been widely promoted as a feasible, and even promising, solution to the very high computational costs associated with practical h-p adaptive finite-element analysis software tools for electromagnetic device design and system performance simulation. A combination of emulated and empirical studies designed to explore the validity of these claims are presented and compared. Practical parallel processing efficiency results, computed for Sun E450 and v880 parallel workstation platforms (four processors each), are reported.

Keywords

adaptive systems; distributed memory systems; electromagnetic devices; finite element analysis; parallel processing; Sun E450; adaptive systems; distributed memory systems; distributed processing; electromagnetic analysis; electromagnetic device design; error analysis; finite-element methods; h-p adaptive finite-element analysis; parallel processing; system performance simulation; v880 parallel workstation platforms; Analytical models; Computational efficiency; Computational modeling; Distributed processing; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic devices; Finite element methods; Parallel processing; Performance analysis; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2004.825447

Filename

1284567