Title |
A Parallel Computation of Finite Element Analysis on a Transputer System |
Authors |
김근환(Kim, Keun-Hwan) ; 최경(Choi, Kyung) ; 정현교(Jung, Hyun-Kyo) ; 이기식(Lee, Ki-Sik) ; 한송엽(Hahn, Song-Yop) |
Keywords |
병렬계산 ; 부분구조법 ; 트랜스퓨터 ; 유한요소법 Parallel Computing ; Substructure Method ; Transpurter ; F.E.M. |
Abstract |
This paper presents a parallel algorithm for the finite element analysis using relatively inexpensive transputer parallel system. The substructure method, which is highly parallel in nature, is used to improve the parallel computing efficiency by splitting up the whole structure into substructures. The proposed algorithm is applied to a simple two-dimensional magnetostatic problem. It is found that the more the number of transputer is increased, the more the total computation time is reduced. And the computational efficiency becomes better as the number of internal boundary nodes becomes smaller. |