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MSC/NASTRAN on amdahl vector processors: Adaptation and performance

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Supercomputing (ICS 1987)

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Because increasingly sophisticated large-scale finite element models are being used in areas of research and application and the theories of structural dynamics and nonlinear analyses are being used more frequently in the techniques of finite element analysis, the requirement for more powerful computer is growing rapidly. Since 1980 many finite element programs have been adapted on supercomputers. This paper describes the general architecture and functional use of MSC/NASTRAN@, provides a brief introduction to the hardware and software of the Amdahl vector processor system; describes the work of adapting MSC/NASTRAN to the Amdahl system; and provides a performance analysis of this version of MSC/NASTRAN, including a comparison with other machines.

@ NASTRAN is a trademark of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. MSC/NASTRAN is an enhanced, proprietary version of NASTRAN, developed, marketed and supported by the MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation. MSC and MSC/ are trademarks of the MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation.

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  1. Amdahl Corporation, 1250 East Arquest Avenue, 94088, Sunnyvale, California, U.S.A.

    C. Y. Chen

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E. N. Houstis T. S. Papatheodorou C. D. Polychronopoulos

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Chen, C.Y. (1988). MSC/NASTRAN on amdahl vector processors: Adaptation and performance. In: Houstis, E.N., Papatheodorou, T.S., Polychronopoulos, C.D. (eds) Supercomputing. ICS 1987. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 297. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18991-2_45

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