Abstract
As serial computing is progressively disappearing, it will become essential that novel numerical methods such as the extended finite element (XFEM) be efficiently implemented for massively parallel architectures where thousands of cores are used. This poses essential problems related to synchronization and scalability. This paper presents first results leading to massively parallel extended finite element methods for the study of multiple cracks in linear elastic structures. The element-by-element code provided in ParaFEM is coupled to an existing extended finite element (XFEM) code and the scalability of the resulting massively parallel XFEM code is studied on a variety of cases borrowed from linear elastic fracture mechanics.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | host publication |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Nov 2009 |
| Event | 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition - Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA Duration: 13 Nov 2009 → 19 Nov 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition |
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| City | Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA |
| Period | 13/11/09 → 19/11/09 |
Keywords
- Parallel computing
- Element by element
- Parallel finite element analysis
- Parallel extended finite element method