A GPU-based Parallel Procedure for Nonlinear Analysis of Complex Structures Using a Coupled FEM/DEM Approach
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2013
@article{wang2013gpu,
title={A GPU-based Parallel Procedure for Nonlinear Analysis of Complex Structures Using a Coupled FEM/DEM Approach},
author={Wang, Lixiang and Li, Shihai and Zhang, Guoxin and Ma, Zhaosong and Zhang, Lei},
year={2013}
}
This study reports the GPU parallelization of complex three-dimensional software for nonlinear analysis of concrete structures. It focuses on coupled thermo-mechanical analysis of complex structures. A coupled FEM/DEM approach (CDEM) is given from a fundamental theoretical viewpoint. As the modeling of a large structure by means of FEM/DEM may lead to prohibitive computation times, a parallelization strategy is required. With the substantial development of computer science, a GPU-based parallel procedure is implemented. A comparative study between the GPU and CPU computation results is presented, and the runtimes and speedups are analyzed. The results show that dramatic performance improvements are gained from GPU parallelization.
September 18, 2013 by hgpu
