A high-throughput application for the dynamic analysis of structures on a Grid environment

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 839-848

  Alonso, J M ^a   Hernandez V ^a   Molto G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D structural dynamic analysis; Direct time integration methods; Grid Computing technology; Grid middleware; HPC techniques; Large dimension buildings

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; MIDDLEWARE; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DIRECT TIME INTEGRATION METHODS; GMARTE SOFTWARE ABSTRACTION LAYERS; GRID MIDDLEWARE; HPC TECHNIQUES; LARGE DIMENSION BUILDINGS;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 43949123603     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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