Towards Scalable Parallel Simulation of the Structural Mechanics of Piezoelectric-Controlled Beams

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dc.contributor.authorRotter, Jeremy Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeechairRibbens, Calvin J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBatra, Romesh C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWatson, Layne T.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:41:01Zen
dc.date.adate1999-07-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:41:01Zen
dc.date.issued1999-06-18en
dc.date.rdate2000-07-13en
dc.date.sdate1999-07-02en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis we present a parallel implementation of an engineering code which simulates the deformations caused when forces are applied to a piezoelectric-controlled smart structure. The parallel simulation, whose domain decomposition relies on the finite element representation of the structure, is created with an emphasis on scalability of both memory requirements and run time. We take into consideration sequential performance enhancements, the structure of a banded symmetric positive definite linear system, and the overhead required to completely distribute the problem across the processors. The resulting code is scalable, with the exception of a banded Cholesky factorization, which does not fully utilize the parallel environment.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-070299-151321en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-070299-151321/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33875en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartthesis-modified.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectscalableen
dc.subjectdistributed memoryen
dc.subjectparallel computationen
dc.subjectfinite elementsen
dc.subjectpiezoelectricen
dc.titleTowards Scalable Parallel Simulation of the Structural Mechanics of Piezoelectric-Controlled Beamsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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