Research Article

A GPU-Based Parallel Procedure for Nonlinear Analysis of Complex Structures Using a Coupled FEM/DEM Approach

Figure 11

Runtime comparison among different GPU platforms on different computation precisions. “Stiffness” means generating stiffness matrices; “Iteration” is short for dynamic relaxation iteration; “Elements” represents elements and nodal calculation; “Cloning” denotes nodal force redistribution; “Energy” stands for energy calculation; “Output” refers to data output.
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(a) GPU580, single precision
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(b) GPU580, double precision
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(c) GPU670, single precision
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(d) GPU670, double precision
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(e) GPU580, single precision
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(f) GPU580, double precision