Distributed Computer-Aided Engineering / Edition 1

by Hojjat Adeli, Sanjay Kumar

Overview

Networking of personal computers and workstations is becoming commonplace in academic and industrial environments. A cluster of workstations provides engineers with a familiar, cost-effective environment for high performance computing. However, workstations often have no dedicated link and communicate slowly on a local area network (LAN), such as the Ethernet. Thus, to effectively harness the parallel processing or distributed computing capabilities of workstations, new algorithms need to be developed with a higher computation-to-communication ratio.
Distributed Computer-Aided Engineering presents distributed algorithms for three fundamental areas: finite element analysis, design optimization, and visualization - providing a new direction in high performance structural engineering computing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849320934
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/28/1998
Series:	Computer Aided Engineering , #2
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.12(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hojjat Adeli and Sanjay Kumar

Table of Contents

IntroductionDistributed Finite Element Analysis on a Network of WorkstationsImplementation of Distributed Algorithms for Finite Element Analysis on a Network of WorkstationsDistributed Genetic Algorithms for Design OptimizationDistributed Genetic Algorithms on a Cluster of WorkstationsConcurrent Structural Optimization on Massively Parallel ComputersConcurrent Animation of Seismic Response of Large Structures in a Heterogeneous Computing EnvironmentNew Directions and Final ThoughtsReferences

Editorial Reviews

Presents distributed algorithms for three fundamental areas of engineering: finite element analysis, design optimization, and visualization. Topics include: a mixed computational model for GA-based structural optimization of large structures on massively parallel distributed machines; distributed genetic algorithms for design optimization; and concurrent animation of seismic response of large structures in a heterogeneous computing environment. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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