Jingzhe Tang¹, Yanfeng Zheng¹, Chao Yang¹, Wei Wang¹, Yaozhi Luo^{1, *}

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.1, pp. 5-31, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.08104

Abstract As a novel kind of particle method for explicit dynamics, the finite particle method (FPM) does not require the formation or solution of global matrices, and the evaluations of the element equivalent forces and particle displacements are decoupled in nature, thus making this method suitable for parallelization. The FPM also requires an acceleration strategy to overcome the heavy computational burden of its explicit framework for time-dependent dynamic analysis. To this end, a GPU-accelerated parallel strategy for the FPM is proposed in this paper. By taking advantage of the independence of each step of the FPM workflow, a generic parallelized computational… More >

Yanfen Guo^1,2, Zhe Cui^1,*, Zhipeng Yang³, Xi Wu², Shaahin Madani⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.3, pp. 1205-1215, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.06029

Abstract Since the spatial resolution of diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) is subject to scanning time and other constraints, its spatial resolution is relatively limited. In view of this, a new non-local DWI image super-resolution with joint information method was proposed to improve the spatial resolution. Based on the non-local strategy, we use the joint information of adjacent scan directions to implement a new weighting scheme. The quantitative and qualitative comparison of the datasets of synthesized DWI and real DWI show that this method can significantly improve the resolution of DWI. However, the algorithm ran slowly because of the joint… More >

Kairong Qin^1,*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.16, Suppl.1, pp. 13-14, 2019, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.05703

Abstract Common carotid arteries (CCAs) are the major arteries supplying blood to the brain, and the hemodynamic variables in which are closely associated with the cardiovascular diseases. Exercise can induce the hemodynamic responses in the CCAs, including variations in blood pressure, circumferential stretch, and wall shear stress (WSS). Mechanosensors in the endothelial cells (ECs) are able to sense and distinguish these variations as mechanical signals, and transmit them into the interior of cells to affect cellular morphology and gene expression. Notably, reasonable exercises improve arterial structure and function, while unreasonable exercises cause endothelial dysfunction. Therefore, studies on the modulation of common… More >

S.H. Ju¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.64, No.1, pp. 91-109, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.064.091

Abstract This study develops an OpenMP scheme to parallel the preconditioned conjugate gradient methods (PCG) in shared memory computers. The proposed method is simple and systematic, so a minor change in traditional PCG methods may produce effective parallelism. At first, the global stiffness matrix is re-numbered in order to produce a parallel three-line form matrix, and a subroutine only needs to be called once in the finite element analysis. Several basic OpenMP commands are then added into the traditional incomplete Cholesky factorization (ILU) and symmetric successive over-relaxation (SSOR) codes to make the procedures of matrix multiplication, decomposition, forward substitution, and backward… More >

Ji Wang, Yangyang Chen, Guijia Chen, Jianke Du

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 89-90, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.089

Abstract The finite element analysis of quartz crystal resonators is increasingly important due to the precise design requirements in frequency and electrical properties with the consideration of crystal blank, processing, mounting, and packaging. To reduce the computational cost, one proven approach is to use the Mindlin plate theory for the thickness-shear vibrations of crystal plates with electrodes and other complications. This approach has been implemented in parallel finite element method with the sophisticated software components for the solutions of linear systems in terms such as eigenvalues, mode shapes, and amplitudes, which in turn can be used for the evaluation of certain… More >

Naoto Mitsume^*, Tomonori Yamada, Shinobu Yoshimura

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.3, pp. 65-65, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05538

Abstract Research and development with regard to advanced coal-fired power plants to reduce CO2 emission have been conducted. Coal gasification is one of the key technologies. In reactor for the coal gasification, coal is crushed into fine particulate matter and then partially burned into gas in a high-pressure environment in the reactor. Our research group has carried out a project to tackle a coupled problem of thermo-fluid-structure interaction for quantification of its efficiency, environmental load, and structural integrity. As one of key components of the project, we present a large-scale parallel simulation of three-dimensional (3D) thermal conduction in a gasification vessel.… More >

Hideki Fujii^*, Yuta Ushimaru, Tomonori Yamada, Shinobu Yoshimura

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.3, pp. 63-63, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05442

Abstract In order to evaluate transportation policies quantitatively, virtual social experiments using traffic simulators are adequate. In particular, simulators with features of both precision and scalability are preferable for applications to real-world and wide-spread traffic phenomena. In this research, we tried to parallelize a multi-agent-based traffic simulator (ADVENTURE_Mates) and enhance its parallelization performance. In the simulator, a road map is modeled as a graph and cars are modeled as autonomous agents. A car agent acquires information from its circumference (other cars, traffic lights, etc.), makes a decision autonomously, and acts based on the decision. The precision is accomplished by employing a… More >

Z. Bittnar¹, B. Patzák¹, D. Rypl¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.13, No.3, pp. 55-56, 2009, DOI:10.3970/icces.2009.013.055

Abstract This paper deals with the design of framework for adaptive FEM analysis with dynamic load balancing in nondedicated parallel cluster computing environments. It describes in detail the structure and design of individual components of the framework.
The application of adaptivity paradigm to engineering problems results in computationally very demanding analysis in terms of both computational time and computer resources (memory, disk space, etc.). These demands can be alleviated by performing the analysis in a parallel computing environment. Typical parallel application decreases the demands on memory and other resources by spreading the task over several mutually interconnected computers and speeds… More >

Min Ki Kim¹, Seung Jo Kim²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 52-52, 2009, DOI:10.3970/icces.2009.012.052

Abstract A new concept of hybrid iterative-multifrontal linear solution method is presented for large scale structural analysis problems. Multifrontal solution method is the best direct solution method ever known, so it is adequate for Domain decompostion types of iterative solvers. Multifrontal solver is served as an internal subdomain solver for domain decomposition iterative solver for achieving high performance of domain decomposition iterative solver. Lagrange multiplier is introduced to enforce the continuity of interface between subdomains. And corner DOF is introduced to avoid singularities of subdomains. Hybrid solution method is expected to show good parallel performance for extremely large size structural analysis. More >

Yong-Jun Jang¹, Hag-Beom Kim^1,2, Woo-Sung Jung¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 19-26, 2009, DOI:10.3970/icces.2009.011.019

Abstract In this study, fire simulations were performed to analyze the characteristics of the fire driven flow and the effects of the platform screen door on the smoke flow in the station, when the fire occurred in the center of the platform. Soongsil Univ. station (line number 7) was chosen which is the one of the deepest (47m) underground subway stations in the Seoul metro(SMRT). The parallel computational method was employed to compute the heat and mass transfer eqn's with 6 CPUs of the Linux clustering machine. The fire driven flow was simulated using FDS code in which LES method was… More >