Parallel simulations of dynamic earthquake rupture along geometrically complex faults on CMP systems

Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-340

  Wu, Xingfu ^a   Duan, Benchun ^a   Taylor, Valerie ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMPs; Earthquake rupture; Finite element method; MPI; OpenMP; Parallel simulations

Indexed keywords

CMPS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FINITE ELEMENT; MPI; OPENMP; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SCALABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING;

EID: 79955623051     PISSN: 17483018     EISSN: 17483026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1748-3018.5.2.313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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