Bulk synchronous parallelization of industrial electromagentic software

Dracopoulos, MC; Glasgow, C; Parrott, AK; Janssen, R; Alotto, P; Simkin, J

dc.contributor.author	Dracopoulos, MC	en
dc.contributor.author	Glasgow, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Parrott, AK	en
dc.contributor.author	Janssen, R	en
dc.contributor.author	Alotto, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Simkin, J	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:45:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:45:54Z
dc.date.issued	1997	en
dc.identifier.issn	10943420	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/24780
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dc.subject.other	Computational complexity	en
dc.subject.other	Computational linguistics	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Finite element method	en
dc.subject.other	Magnetoelectric effects	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Bulk synchronous parallel (BSP) computation model	en
dc.subject.other	Geometric mesh partitioning methods	en
dc.subject.other	Parallel processing systems	en
dc.title	Bulk synchronous parallelization of industrial electromagentic software	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	1997	en
heal.abstract	The parallelization of existing/industrial electromagnetic software using the bulk synchronous parallel (BSP) computation model is presented. The software employs the finite element method with a preconditioned conjugate gradient-type solution for the resulting linear systems of equations. A geometric mesh-partitioning approach is applied within the BSP framework for the assembly and solution phases of the finite element computation. This is combined with a nongeometric, data-driven parallel quadrature procedure for the evaluation of right-hand-side terms in applications involving coil fields. A similar parallel decomposition is applied to the parallel calculation of electron beam trajectories required for the design of tube devices. The BSP parallelization approach adopted is fully portable, conceptually simple, and cost-effective, and it can be applied to a wide range of finite element applications not necessarily related to electromagnetics.	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications	en
dc.identifier.volume	11	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	344	en
dc.identifier.epage	358	en