Finite element analysis of solidification using object-oriented and parallel techniques

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2891-2909

  Masters, I ^a   Usmani, A S ^b   Cross, J T ^a   Lewis, R W ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C++; Object oriented; Parallel; Solidification

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); HEAT CONDUCTION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; SOLIDIFICATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPUTER MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 0031205794     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970815)40:15<2891::AID-NME216>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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