Parallel CAE System for Large Scale Problems Based on Computer Network

We have been developing an advanced general-purpose computational mechanics system, named ADVENTURE, which is designed to be able to analyze a three dimensional finite element model of arbitrary shape over 100 million Degrees Of Freedom (DOF) mesh. The one of main process modules for solid analysis, named ADVENTURE Solid, is based on the hierarchical domain decomposition parallel algorithm and employs the balancing domain decomposition as a solution technique for linearized equations. The ADVENTURE Solid has been successfully implemented on a single PC, PC clusters and MPPs with high parallel performances. Since the software has become a quite large system, it is not easy to install or operate the system on parallel machines by users. To solve this issue, in this paper, the main system including solver part is operated on the remote server like a cloud computing and to operate such a system from a client PC through the network, the Web-based CAE system is presented. As a large scale analysis, one model of 10 Million DOF is performed.