Applications of Supercomputers in Engineering II

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Multi Block Flow Solvers for Use on Parallel Computers....Pages 3-17
Difficulties in Parallelising Efficient Sequential Codes....Pages 19-36
Mixed Parallelism for Single Alternating Group Explicit Method....Pages 37-49
The Parallel Processing Concept on the Siemens Nixdorf S Series and its Use in Engineering Applications....Pages 51-59
Parallelism in the Boundary Element Method: fine grain and course grain....Pages 61-72
Tds2gks: Breaking the TDS Text Barrier....Pages 73-85
Operating System Support for a Parallel Cellular System....Pages 87-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Opening a Window on the Simulation of a Total Artificial Heart....Pages 105-119
Modelling and Visualization of Impact Dynamic Processes....Pages 121-134
Crosshole Tomography Animation in X Windows with Convex-2/IBM RS 6000 Client-Server Display Connection....Pages 135-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
A Critical Discussion of Supercomputer Architectures for Engineering Applications....Pages 151-162
A High Performance Vector-Parallel Skyline Solver Using Level 3 BLAS....Pages 163-177
Exploitation of Data in Memory in the FIDAP Code on the IBM ES/3090....Pages 179-189
A Recursive Database Query Language on an Object-Oriented Processor....Pages 191-205
A Reverse Communication Interface for “Matrix-free” Preconditioned Iterative Solvers....Pages 207-213
Knowledge Modeling and Model-Based Problem Solving - Towards a Multi-Use Engineering Knowledge Base....Pages 215-231
Empirical Results of a Hybrid Monte Carlo Method for the Solution of Poisson’s Equation....Pages 233-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Implementation and Application of the Multiblock Nsflex Navier-Stokes Solver....Pages 243-258
A Comparison of Differential Systems and Numerical Methods for the Computation of Smooth Oceanographic Flows....Pages 259-276
Study of Incompressible Flow with 3D Finite Elements....Pages 277-292
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Preconditioning Techniques for the Numerical Solution of the Stokes Problem....Pages 293-305
Prediction of Swirling Flow in a Corrugated Channel....Pages 307-317
On the Numerical Simulation of Shock Waves in an Annular Crevice and its Implementation on the IBM ES/3090 with Vector Facility....Pages 319-330
High Speed Laminar Flows Over Cavities....Pages 331-345
Efficient Implementation of CG-type Algorithms for STAR-CD Flow Solver....Pages 347-356
Analysis of the Residual Optimization Potential and Runtime Analysis of the GW code on SNI Supercomputers....Pages 359-371
A Comparison of Two Algorithms Vectorized to Solve Transient, Convective Heat Transfer on Supercomputers....Pages 373-386
Symmetric Versus Non-Symmetric Matrix Techniques: Implementation of Two Galerkin-FE Approaches for the Advection-Dispersion Equation....Pages 387-402
Numerical Simulation of Transient Response for Room Acoustic Design - Proposition of the Phase Element Integration Method (PEIM)....Pages 403-417
Simulation of Nonlinear Contaminant Transport in Groundwater by a Higher Order Godunov-Mixed Finite Element Method....Pages 419-433
Time-Parallel Multigrid Solution of the Navier-Stokes Equations....Pages 435-445
A Finite Element Formulation for Nonlinear Wave Propagation with Application to Cavitation....Pages 447-461
Front Matter....Pages 463-463
Supercomputers in Materials Science....Pages 465-479
Supercomputer Applications in the Civil Engineering Field....Pages 481-494
Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of Viscoelastically Damped Composite Structures....Pages 495-511
Thickness-Shear Mode Shapes and Mass-Frequency Influence Surface of a Circular and Electroded At-Cut Quartz Resonator....Pages 513-527
Optimization of Boundary Elements Performance on Supercomputers....Pages 529-544
Supercomputer Application in Inelastic Stability of 22-Story Steel Pino-Suarez Complex....Pages 545-559
Back Matter....Pages 561-562