Large-scale simulation of elastic wave propagation in heterogeneous media on parallel computers

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 85-102

  Bao, Hesheng ^a   Bielak, Jacobo ^a   Ghattas, Omar ^a   Kallivokas, Loukas F ^a   O'Hallaron, David R ^b   Shewchuk, Jonathan R ^b   Xu, Jifeng ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SETTLING TANKS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

DELAUNAY TRIANGULATIONS; UNSTRUCTURED MESH SOLVERS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

GROUND MOTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE; SITE EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031968054     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00183-7     Document Type: Article

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