<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In this paper, the form of modifications of the existing sequential code written in C or C++ programming language for the calculation of various kind of structures using the explicit form of the Finite Element Method (Dynamic Relaxation Method, Explicit Dynamics) in the NEXX system is introduced. The NEXX system is the core of engineering software NEXIS, Scia Engineer, RFEM and RENEX. It has the possibilities of multithreaded running, which can now be supported at the level of native C++ programming language using standard libraries. Thanks to the high degree of abstraction that a contemporary C++ programming language provides, a respective library created in this way can be very generalized for other purposes of usage of parallelism in computational mechanics.</p></abstract>

In this paper, the form of modifications of the existing sequential code written in C or C++ programming language for the calculation of various kind of structures using the explicit form of the Finite Element Method (Dynamic Relaxation Method, Explicit Dynamics) in the NEXX system is introduced. The NEXX system is the core of engineering software NEXIS, Scia Engineer, RFEM and RENEX. It has the possibilities of multithreaded running, which can now be supported at the level of native C++ programming language using standard libraries. Thanks to the high degree of abstraction that a contemporary C++ programming language provides, a respective library created in this way can be very generalized for other purposes of usage of parallelism in computational mechanics.

Parallel Computation on Multicore Processors Using Explicit Form of the Finite Element Method and C++ Standard Libraries

Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Structural Mechanics, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno,

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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In this paper, the form of modifications of the existing sequential code written in C or C++ programming language for the calculation of various kind of...

Parallel Computation on Multicore Processors Using Explicit Form of the Finite Element Method and C++ Standard Libraries

Published Online: Dec 17, 2016

Page range: 67 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scjme-2016-0020

Keywords
Finite Element Method, Parallel Computing, C++ Standard Libraries

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parallel Computation on Multicore Processors Using Explicit Form of the Finite Element Method and C++ Standard Libraries

Published Online: Dec 17, 2016

Page range: 67 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scjme-2016-0020

KeywordsFinite Element Method, Parallel Computing, C++ Standard Libraries

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Finite Element Method, Parallel Computing, C++ Standard Libraries