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PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING FOR COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS: SYSTEMS AND TOOLS
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Chapter 14

Parallel Programming Paradigms for Crashworthiness Simulation

G. Lonsdale*, F. Zimmermann*, J. Clinckemaillie+, S. Meliciani+ and S. Vlachoutsis+

*NEC Europe Ltd., St. Augustin, Germany, +Engineering Systems International S.A., Rungis, France

Full Bibliographic Reference for this chapter
G. Lonsdale, F. Zimmermann, J. Clinckemaillie, S. Meliciani, S. Vlachoutsis, "Parallel Programming Paradigms for Crashworthiness Simulation", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Parallel and Distributed Processing for Computational Mechanics: Systems and Tools", Saxe-Coburg Publications, Stirlingshire, UK, Chapter 14, pp 266-275, 1999. doi:10.4203/csets.2.14
Abstract
This paper focuses on recent developments and on-going research related to parallel and distributed approaches for crashworthiness simulation, using the PAM-CRASH code from ESI as an example. The developments described here relate directly to the take-up in the automotive industry of the latest High Performance Computing (HPC) technology, since crash and safety analysis is well established in the automotive design process. The paper will address the use of two parallel programming interfaces targeted at, but not restricted to, distributed-memory machines: explicit message-passing, High Performance Fortran (HPF).

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