Cluster Computing in Finite Element Programing to Study the Large Deformation Problems

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• Volume 2,Issue 1, Jan. 2014

Year:

2014

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Cluster Computing, Finite Element Analysis, Large Deformations, Parallel Computing

Authors:

P. K. Gupta; R. N. Khapre

Journal:

IJISM

Volume:

2

Number:

1

Pages:

53-60

Month:

January

Abstract:

This paper presents an application of Cluster computing in finite element programming to analyze the large deformation problems. A Cluster of eight PC’s of different configurations is developed and used for the present work. Three parallel solvers of Gauss-Seidel Method, Gauss Elimination Method and Matrix Inversion Method are developed and implemented on this Cluster to achieve reduction in computational time in getting the solution of system of linear equations. Performance of these solvers is compared and the most suitable solver is implemented in a finite element software Finite Element Method-Large Deformations (FEMLD) developed on Windows NT platform to analyze the large deformation problems. A typical problem of axial compression of solid cylinder is analyzed using developed software on the developed Cluster and the variation in different components of computational time is obtained. By computing Speedup and Efficiency, the performance of the developed software is also presented.

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