Applications of Supercomputers in Engineering II

541 Pages·1991·20.72 MB·English

by  C. A. Brebbia, J. B. Vos, C. M. Bergman (auth.), A. Peters, D. Howard (eds.)

Applications of Supercomputers in
Engineering II
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON
APPLICATIONS OF SUPERCOMPUTERS IN ENGINEERING
ASE/91
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
C.A. Brebbia R. Hiromoto
D. Howard A. Jameson
A. Peters A. Lin
R.D. Ciskowski Y. Paker
D.J. Evans E. Schnepf
W. Gentzsch T. Takeda
F.K. Hebeker
Applications of
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Supercomputers In
Engineering II
Editors: C.A. Brebbia, Wessex Institute of Technology, U.K.
D. Howard, Oxford University, U.K.
A. Peters, IBM Scientific Center, Germany.
Compuational Mechanics Publications
Southampton Boston CMP
Co-published with
Elsevier Applied Science
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C.A. Brebbia D. Howard
Wessex Institute of Technology Computing Laboratory
Computational Mechanics Institute Oxford University
Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst 11 Keble Road
Southampton S04 2AA Oxford OX1 3QD
UK UK
A. Peters
IBM Scientific Center
Institute for Supercomputing
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PO Box 103068
D-6900 Heidelberg
Germany
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PREFACE
This book comprises an edited version of the Proceedings of the 2nd Interna-
tional Conference on Applications of Supercomputers in Engineering which
took place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
during August 1991. The Conference was organized by the Wessex Insti-
tute of Technology, Southampton, UK with the support of the International
Society for Boundary Elements. The first International Conference on Ap-
plications of Supercomputers in Engineering held in Southampton, UK in
September 1989 was a very successful meeting and the resulting Conference
Proceedings are now widely distributed throughout the world.
The revolutionary aspects of the next generation of computers are now fully
recognised by many engineers and scientists. Vector and parallel computers
form the basis of the computing power needed to address the complex prob-
lems with which engineers are faced. The new machines not only increase
the size of the problems which can be solved, but also require a different
computational approach to obtain the most efficient results.
The book includes papers on topics related to modern computer architec-
ture and their relevance to engineering calculations, development of new
computer algorithms, their application to solve engineering problems and
further trends in engineering software, particularly as related to new hard-
ware. The Volume is divided into the following sections:
1. Parallel Processing
2. Visualization and Graphics
3. Performance
4. Applications in Fluid Flow
5. Applications in Structural Mechanics
The Editors are grateful to all the authors for their excellent contributions
and in particular to the members of the International Scientific Advisory
Committee for their help. They hope that this volume will increase the
awareness of the potential of new supercomputers amongst engineers and
scientists.
The Editors
Southampton, August 1991
CONTENTS
SECTION 1: PARALLEL PROCESSING
Multi Block Flow Solvers for Use on Parallel Computers 3
J.B. Vos, C.M. Bergman
Difficulties in Parallelising Efficient Sequential Codes 19
D.J. Gavaghan, C.S. Gwilliam, J.S. Rollett
Mixed Parallelism for Single Alternating 37
Group Explicit Method
M. Carmignani, A. Genco, G. Pecorella
The Parallel Processing Concept on the 51
Siemens Nixdorf S Series and its Use in
Engineering Applications
E. Schnepf
Parallelism in the Bounc.ary Element Method: 61
fine grain and course grain
A.J. Davies
Tds2gks: Breaking the TDS Text Barrier 73
G.J. Porter, S.N. Lonsdale, B.M. Hutson
Operating System Support for a Parallel ~7
Cellular System
F.F. Cai, M.E. C. Hull
SECTION 2: VISUALIZATION AND GRAPHICS
Opening a Window on the Simulation of 105
a Total Artificial Heart
M. Arabia, L. Moltedo, F. Pistella
Modelling and Visualization of Impact 121
Dynamic Processes
W. Cheng, I. Dilber
Crosshole Tomography Animation in X Windows 135
with Convex-2/IBM RS 6000 Client-Server
Display Connection
G.G. Johnson
SECTION 3: PERFORMANCE
A Critical Discussion of Supercomputer Architectures 151
for Engineering Applications
W. Schonauer, H. Hafner
A High Performance Vector-Parallel Skyline 163
Solver Using Level 3 BLAS
D.F. Lozupone
Exploitation of Data in Memory in the FIDAP 179
Code on the IBM ES/3090
V. Zecca
A Recursive Database Query Language on an 191
Object-Oriented Processor
L. Natanson, W. Samson, A. Wakelin
A Reverse Communication Interface for "Matrix-free" 207
Preconditioned Iterative Solvers
M.A. Heroux
Knowledge Modeling and Model-Based Problem Solving- 215
Towards a Multi-Use Engineering Knowledge Base
H. Ueno, Y. Yamamoto, H. Fukuda
Empirical Results of a Hybrid Monte Carlo Method 233
for the Solution of Poisson's Equation
R.E. Hiromoto, R.C. Brickner
SECTION 4: APPLICATIONS IN FLUID FLOW
Implementation and Application of the 243
Multiblock NSFLEX Navier-Stokes Solver
K.M. Wan ie, M.A. Schmatz
A Comparison of Differential Systems and 259
Numerical Methods for the Computation of
Smooth Oceanographic Flows
C.L. Browning, W.R. Holland, H.-O. Kreiss
Study of Incompressible Flow with 3D 277
Finite Elements
D. Howard
Preconditioning Techniques for the Numerical 293
Solution of the Stokes Problem
J. Atanga, D. Silvester
Prediction of Swirling Flow in a Corrugated 307
Channel
F.S. Henry, M. W. Collins, M. Ciofalo
On the Numerical Simulation of Shock Waves in 319
an Annular Crevice and its Implementation on the
IBM ESj3090 with Vector Facility
R.J. Gathmann, F.K. Hebeker, S. Schaffel
High Speed Laminar Flows Over Cavities 331
D.R. Emerson, D.I.A. Poll
Efficient Implementation of CG-type Algorithms 347
for STAR-CD Flow Solver
M. Marrone, G. Radicati, F. Stella, M. Maggiore
Analysis of the Residual Optimization Potential 359
and Runtime Analysis of the GW code on
SNI Supercomputers
B. Romunde, H. Daniels, J. Neises, U. Proff
A Comparison of Two Algorithms Vectorized 373
to Solve Transient, Convective Heat Transfer
on Supercomputers
S. Ganesh, W.C. Schreiber, C.H. Chuan,
M.A.R. Sharif
Symmetric Versus Non-Symmetric Matrix Techniques: 387
Implementation of Two Galerkin-FE Approaches for
the Advection-Dispersion Equation
A. Peters, M. Eiermann, H. Daniels
Numerical Simulation of Transient Response 403
for Room Acoustic Design - Proposition of the
Phase Element Integration Method (PEIM)
M. Tsuboi
Simulation of Nonlinear Contaminant Transport 419
in Groundwater by a Higher Order Godunov-Mixed
Finite Element Method
C. Dawson
Time-Parallel Multigrid Solution of the 435
N avier-Stokes Equations
G. Horton
A Finite Element Formulation for Nonlinear Wave 447
Propagation with Application to Cavitation
G. Sandbery
SECTION 5: APPLICATIONS IN STRUCTURAL
MECHANICS
Supercomputers in Materials Science 465
J.M. Hyde, A. Cerezo, M.G. Hetherington,
G.D. W. Smith
Supercomputer Applications in the 481
Civil Engineering Field
T. Takeda, Y. Omote, H. Eto,
A. Kawaguchi
Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of Viscoelastically 495
Damped Composite Structures
H.H. Hilton, S. Yi
Thickness-Shear Mode Shapes and Mass-Frequency 513
Influence Surface of a Circular and Electroded
At-Cut Quartz Resonator
J. T. Stewart, Y.-K. Yong
Optimization of Boundary Elements Performance 529
on Supercomputers
A. Elzein
Supercomputer Application in Inelastic Stability 545
of 22-Story Steel Pino-Suarez Complex
F. Y. Cheng, J.-F. Ger
Authors' Index 561
SECTION 1: PARALLEL PROCESSING