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High performance computing and the discrete element model : opportunity and challenge /

This book addresses the high performance computing of the Discrete Element Model (DEM). It is a comprehensive presentation of parallel implementation of the DEM on three popular parallel computing platforms; the multi-core PC, the GPU computer, and the cluster supercomputer. Featuring accompanying M...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zhao, Gao-Feng (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London, UK : Kidlington, Oxford, UK : ISTE Press ; Elsevier, 2015.
Series:Discrete granular mechanics set.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • High Performance Computing and the Discrete Element Model
  • Dedication
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface Introduction
  • I.1. Discrete Element Model
  • I.2. Discrete Element Model and High Performance Computing
  • I.3. Conclusion Chapter 1: Serial Implementation
  • 1.1. System Design
  • 1.2. Contact Detection
  • 1.3. Constitutive Model
  • 1.4. Time Step, Damping and Energy Calculation 1.5. Benchmark Examples
  • 1.6. Conclusion
  • Chapter 2: Multi-Core Implementation
  • 2.1. Multi-Core Personal Computer
  • 2.2. Multi-Core Implementation Using MATLAB
  • 2.3. Performance Analysis 2.4. Parallel Implementation
  • 2.5. Numerical Examples
  • 2.6. Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: GPU Implementation