Object-oriented parallelization of explicit structural dynamics with PVM

Computers and Structures

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 259-273

  Krysl, P ^a   Belytschko, T ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit dynamics; Finite element method; Parallelization; PVM

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; PARALLEL VIRTUAL MACHINE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0031623705     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(97)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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