A survey of parallel solvers for the finite element method in computational electromagnetics

Boguslaw Butrylo (1) , François Musy (2) , Laurent Nicolas (3, 4) , Ronan Perrussel (3, 4) , Riccardo Scorretti (3, 4) , Christian Vollaire (3, 4)

1 Dept Theoret Electrotech & Metrol
2 ICJ - Institut Camille Jordan
3 AMPERE - Ampère
4 CEGELY - Centre de génie électrique de Lyon

This paper presents new trends in parallel methods used to solve finite element matrix systems: standard iterative and direct solving methods first, and then domain decomposition methods. For example, the current status and properties of two prevailing programming environments (PVM and MPI) are finally given and compared when implemented together with a finite element time domain formulation.

Mots clés: finite element analysis; parallel languages; electromagnetism; numerical analysis; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; ICCG SOLVER; ALGORITHM; SIMULATION

Domaines: Energie électrique

Boguslaw Butrylo, François Musy, Laurent Nicolas, Ronan Perrussel, Riccardo Scorretti, et al.. A survey of parallel solvers for the finite element method in computational electromagnetics. COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2004, 23 (2), pp.531-546. ⟨10.1108/03321640410510721⟩. ⟨hal-00140344⟩