HPF+ investigations with crash-simulation kernels

This paper reports on the use of HPF language extensions for the irregular computational and communications requirements arising in the algorithms found in crashworthiness simulation codes. The HPF language extensions, forming the HPF+ language definition, have been designed to deal with the requirements of complex, scientific applications which involve irregular constructs (from meshes to data structures and access patterns). The HPF+ language development is the central result of the HPF+ project (funded by the European Commission's ESPRIT Programme in the area of long Term Research).