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Some new technics regarding the parallelisation of ZéBuLoN, an object oriented finite element code for structural mechanics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2002

Frédéric Feyel
Frédéric Feyel*
Affiliation:
ONERA, DMSE–LCME, 29 Avenue de la division Leclerc, BP 72, 92322 Châtillon, France. feyel@onera.fr.
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Abstract

A finite element code, called ZéBuLoN was parallelised some years ago. This code is entirely written using an object oriented framework (C++ is the support language). The aim of this paper is to present some problems which arose during the parallelization, and some innovative solutions. Especially, a new concept of message passing is presented which allows to take into account SMP machines while still using the parallel virtual machine abstraction.

Keywords

Parallel computingfinite element methodmessage passingmultithreadingobject orientedI/O.
Type
Research Article
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ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Volume 36 , Issue 5: Special issue on Programming , September 2002 , pp. 923 - 935
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2002

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