Lessons learnt from using .NET for distributed finite element analysis

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Civil-Comp 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mackie, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

.NET; Component design; Distributed computing; Finite element analysis; Linear algebra; MPI; Object oriented

Indexed keywords

.NET; C++ CODES; COMPONENT DESIGN; DIRECT SOLVERS; DISTRIBUTED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING; EXECUTION SPEED; ITERATIVE SOLUTIONS; ITERATIVE SOLVERS; MPI; OBJECT ORIENTED; PARALLEL SOLUTIONS; SINGLE-PROCESSOR MACHINES; SPEED DIFFERENTIAL;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LINEAR ALGEBRA; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 80053394894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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