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Finite-Element Analysis on a PC
September/October 1991 (vol. 8 no. 5)
pp. 50-57
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Jon Flower, Adam Kolawa, Timothy Liang, Victor Weingarten, "Finite-Element Analysis on a PC," IEEE Software, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 50-57, September/October, 1991.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/52.84216,
author = {Jon Flower and Adam Kolawa and Timothy Liang and Victor Weingarten},
title = {Finite-Element Analysis on a PC},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {8},
number = {5},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {1991},
pages = {50-57},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/52.84216},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Software
TI - Finite-Element Analysis on a PC
IS - 5
SN - 0740-7459
SP50
EP57
EPD - 50-57
A1 - Jon Flower,
A1 - Adam Kolawa,
A1 - Timothy Liang,
A1 - Victor Weingarten,
PY - 1991
KW - mainframe performance; Cosmos/M finite-element analysis system; PC; parallel-processing board; algorithm design; debugging; performance optimization; scalability; finite element analysis; microcomputer applications; parallel programming
VL - 8
JA - IEEE Software
ER -
 

The authors describe how they achieved mainframe performance by coding the Cosmos/M finite-element analysis system, a commercial product, for a PC enhanced with a parallel-processing board. The discussion covers design goals, algorithm design, implementation and debugging, performance optimization, and scalability. They focus on financial, algorithmic, and numerical issues, with almost no reference to the numerical principles involved in solving stress-analysis equations.

Index Terms:
mainframe performance; Cosmos/M finite-element analysis system; PC; parallel-processing board; algorithm design; debugging; performance optimization; scalability; finite element analysis; microcomputer applications; parallel programming
Citation:
Jon Flower, Adam Kolawa, Timothy Liang, Victor Weingarten, "Finite-Element Analysis on a PC," IEEE Software, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 50-57, Sept.-Oct. 1991, doi:10.1109/52.84216
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