A major limitation of the boundary element method (BEM) for the solution of electrical potential problems is the long computational time required. However, a large portion of the calculations involved can be viewed as...
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A major limitation of the boundary element method (BEM) for the solution of electrical potential problems is the long computational time required. However, a large portion of the calculations involved can be viewed as being parallel in nature and can therefore be computed concurrently. This paper makes an effort to increase the efficiency of the BEM process using transputer-based multiprocessor computing techniques. The algorithms developed may equally well be applied to any multiprocessor system. The application selected to demonstrate the technique is the solution of an electrostatic problem governed by a two-dimensional Laplace equation. A parallel algorithm for problem setup and field extraction using BEM is designed and implemented on a transputer array. Special attention is directed to the utilization of the parallel processors to achieve maximum efficiency. The analysis in this work concentrates on the communication strategies for passing data between processors as well as a consideration of the workload attributed to each processor. The parallel algorithms were implemented using 3L Parallel Fortran;however, the choice of topology for the overall BEM implementation was limited by the fact that certain parts of the algorithm could only utilize a pipeline configuration of processors. Comprehensive results for the parallel BEM algorithm are given and they are encouraging, indicating that parallel processing has much to offer when applied to the boundary element method.
Power System Stabilizers (PSS) superimposed to the basic control system of an HVDC link supplying a weak AC system, in order to enhance its frequency regulation action, are proposed. To decrease the AC voltage sensiti...
Mechanically fabricated single-crystal silicon spheres with diameters of 0.25 in were etched in 40 wt.% aqueous potassium hydroxide at 75-degrees-C and 50 wt.% aqueous cesium hydroxide at 50-degrees-C. The post-etchin...
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Mechanically fabricated single-crystal silicon spheres with diameters of 0.25 in were etched in 40 wt.% aqueous potassium hydroxide at 75-degrees-C and 50 wt.% aqueous cesium hydroxide at 50-degrees-C. The post-etching shapes of both etched spheres show that the [111] and [100] directions were the slowest etching directions in both cases. The characteristic structures formed on the surface of these etched spheres were examined under the scanning electron microscope to study the high index plane selectivity. The [311] directions were found to be the most significant among the higher order crystal planes in both cases. Directions close to [023] were concluded to be the fastest etching in aqueous KOH;however, the [110] directions were the fastest in aqueous CsOH.
A mechanically polished single-crystalline silicon sphere with a diameter of 0.25 in is etched in 40% cesium hydroxide solution to study the orientation dependence of the anisotropic etching of silicon in three dimens...
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A mechanically polished single-crystalline silicon sphere with a diameter of 0.25 in is etched in 40% cesium hydroxide solution to study the orientation dependence of the anisotropic etching of silicon in three dimensions. The characteristic structures formed on the surface of the sphere after etching are examined under the scanning electron microscope. The slow-etching planes, {111} and {100}, as well as fast-etching planes, {110}, are identified from the micrographs. Most importantly, the {311} planes are found to be the most significant amongst the higher-order crystal planes.
Analytical Solutions of point source gravity wave s in an isothermal atmosphere are given.A computer model based on the analytical solutions is developed for point source gravity waves in a horizontally and isothermal...
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Analytical Solutions of point source gravity wave s in an isothermal atmosphere are given.A computer model based on the analytical solutions is developed for point source gravity waves in a horizontally and isothermally stratified *** numerical calculation of the propagation of point source gravity waves in a tealistic atmosphere then becomes feasible. The propagation of point source acoustic waves in the atmosphere can also be numerically calculated using the same model.
Binary search trees with costs α and β on the left and right edges (lopsided binary search trees) are important in the construction of optimum prefix codes. In this paper we derive lower bounds for the external path...
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Binary search trees with costs α and β on the left and right edges (lopsided binary search trees) are important in the construction of optimum prefix codes. In this paper we derive lower bounds for the external pathlengths of lopsided binary trees. It is found that the lower bound is tight if the cost difference (the difference in maximum cost and the minimum cost) is small but quite sharp when the cost difference is large. We suggest alternative ways to construct the lopsided binary tree when the cost difference is high to improve the lower bound.
Through the use of a simulation study, the authors show how the effectiveness of a scheduling algorithm varies depending on the metric of interest and the execution environment under which it runs. They describe the t...
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Through the use of a simulation study, the authors show how the effectiveness of a scheduling algorithm varies depending on the metric of interest and the execution environment under which it runs. They describe the timing requirements of real-time jobs. Three measures of response time controls are described. The model of a scheduling algorithm's execution environment is described, followed by a discussion on the variations in execution environment necessary to investigate adequately the behavior of a given scheduling algorithm. A simulation case study is described. A description of the modeling and simulation of a single processor running M job classes is included. Two scheduling algorithms for controlling response times are described, the results of running three scheduling algorithms under varying execution environments are presented.< >
The authors present comparisons of the performance of three types of dynamic current distribution control strategies for power converters connected in parallel. The controls considered are static ramp pulse width modu...
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The authors present comparisons of the performance of three types of dynamic current distribution control strategies for power converters connected in parallel. The controls considered are static ramp pulse width modulation (PWM) control (SRPWM), dynamic ramp PWM control (DRPWM), and peak current PWM control (PCPWM). All of these controls are capable of dynamically distributing the total output current among converters in the system, although there exist several different features in their performance characteristics. The comparison is concentrated primarily on the aspects of controller implementation, system stability, transient behavior, and deviation of current distribution from the desired value.< >
The complete exchange ('all-to-all personalized') communication pattern is at the heart of numerous important multicomputer algorithms. Recent research has shown how this pattern can efficiently be performed o...
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The complete exchange ('all-to-all personalized') communication pattern is at the heart of numerous important multicomputer algorithms. Recent research has shown how this pattern can efficiently be performed on circuit-switched hypercubes. However, on circuit-switched meshes, this pattern is difficult to perform efficiently because the sparsity of the mesh interconnect leads to severe link contention. The authors develop a family of algorithms that proceed by recursively carrying out a series of contention-free exchanges on subdivisions of the mesh. Each member of this family is useful for some range of the parameters: mesh size, message size, startup time, and data transmission and permutation rates. The authors describe the performance of their algorithms on the Touchstone Delta mesh.< >
A fully Sinc‐Galerkin method in both space and time is presented for fourth‐order time‐dependent partial differential equations with fixed and cantilever boundary conditions. The sine discretizations for the second...
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