Challenges of High Performance Computing in Structural Industrial Finite Element Analysis

Date:Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Time:11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:380 Soda Hall, UC Berkeley

Speaker:
 Louis Komzsik
 Chief Numerical Analyst, Siemens PLM Software

Abstract:
The new millennium brought significant new challenges to high
performance computing in industrial finite element analysis. Millions of
node points and tens of millions of degrees of freedom are now
commonplace. These are mainly results of the recent significant
advancements in computer aided design tools and the increased use of
analysis early in the design phase. The industry application focus has
been extended from simply verifying structural integrity to product
life-cycle simulation. The outcome of this is an increased use of
coupled analyses yielding more difficult computational problems.

The presentation will review the computational challenges and present
commercially useful, high performance computing solutions.

Additional Notes:

    This is sponsored by the Joint CITRIS, CSE and Scientific Computing
Distinguished Lecture Series at UC Berkeley.

    HTTP://WWW.CITRIS-UC.ORG/EVENTS/CSE-JAN28

Host of Seminar:

    Horst Simon