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VECTORIZATION AND PARALLEL PROCESSING STUDIES USING A CRAY X‐MP IN NON‐LINEAR COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS

Z.P. WANG (Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, PO Box 600, Sheffield S1 4DU, UK)
D.R. HAYHURST (Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK)
B.A. BILBY (GINTIC Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
I.C. HOWARD (GINTIC Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Engineering Computations

ISSN: 0264-4401

Article publication date: 1 May 1993

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Abstract

Two non‐linear finite element programs have been restructured by using vectorization techniques in order to run efficiently on the Cray X‐MP/416. One of them has also been multi‐tasked to take advantage of the four processors of the machine. The techniques used in restructuring the software are discussed, and it is shown that each program must be treated individually. The resulting speed enhancements are shown to be program dependent, with a speed‐up of approximately 20 being achieved with one of the programs.

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WANG, Z.P., HAYHURST, D.R., BILBY, B.A. and HOWARD, I.C. (1993), "VECTORIZATION AND PARALLEL PROCESSING STUDIES USING A CRAY X‐MP IN NON‐LINEAR COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS", Engineering Computations, Vol. 10 No. 5, pp. 387-395. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023915

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