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Accomplishments and Challenges in Code Development for Parallel and Multimechanics Simulations

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High Performance Computing for Computational Science - VECPAR 2008 (VECPAR 2008)

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The Methods Development Group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has historically developed and supported software for engineering simulations, with a focus on nonlinear structural mechanics and heat transfer. The quality, quantity and complexity of engineering analyses have continued to increase over time as advances in chip speed and multiprocessing computers have empowered this simulation software. As such, the evolution of simulation software has seen a greater focus on multimechanics and the incorporation of more sophisticated algorithms to improve accuracy, robustness and usability. This paper will give an overview of the latest code technologies developed by the Methods Development group in the areas of large deformation transient analysis and implicit coupled codes. Applications were run on the state of the art hardware available at the national laboratories.

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 8000 East Ave., Livermore, CA 94550, USA

    Tony Degroot, Robert Ferencz, Mark Havstad, Neil Hodge, Jerry Lin, Dennis Parsons, Michael Puso, Jerome Solberg & Edward Zywicz

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  1. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    José M. Laginha M. Palma

  2. University of Toulouse, INP (ENSEEIHT), IRIT, 2 rue Charles-Camichel, 31071, Toulouse CEDEX 7, France

    Patrick R. Amestoy

  3. University of Toulouse, INP (ENSEEIHT); IRIT, rue Charles-Camichel, 31071, Toulouse CEDEX 7, France

    Michel Daydé

  4. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68511, 21941-972, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Marta Mattoso

  5. Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    João Correia Lopes

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Degroot, T. et al. (2008). Accomplishments and Challenges in Code Development for Parallel and Multimechanics Simulations. In: Palma, J.M.L.M., Amestoy, P.R., Daydé, M., Mattoso, M., Lopes, J.C. (eds) High Performance Computing for Computational Science - VECPAR 2008. VECPAR 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5336. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92859-1_20

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