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

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="618980.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/618980/figures/618980.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b><svg height="8.4250002" id="M111" style="vertical-align:-0.273pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8.5874996 8.4250002" width="8.5874996" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,8.013)"><path d="M475 445l-64 -69q-119 -128 -289 -280q27 6 81 -15q66 -26 102 -26q48 0 111 93l23 -19q-41 -84 -75.5 -116.5t-73.5 -32.5q-37 0 -147 53q-43 21 -63 7q-22 -15 -38 -41q-4 -7 -11 -7q-8 10 -8 26q0 38 47 83l292 273q-32 -5 -67 -1q-63 7 -105 7q-32 0 -53.5 -22
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</svg>-displacement by CPU Core i5 2320</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="618980.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/618980/figures/618980.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b><svg height="8.4250002" id="M112" style="vertical-align:-0.273pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8.5874996 8.4250002" width="8.5874996" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,8.013)"><path d="M475 445l-64 -69q-119 -128 -289 -280q27 6 81 -15q66 -26 102 -26q48 0 111 93l23 -19q-41 -84 -75.5 -116.5t-73.5 -32.5q-37 0 -147 53q-43 21 -63 7q-22 -15 -38 -41q-4 -7 -11 -7q-8 10 -8 26q0 38 47 83l292 273q-32 -5 -67 -1q-63 7 -105 7q-32 0 -53.5 -22
t-47.5 -67l-25 13q15 39 38 78q40 66 83 66q57 0 120 -12q52 -10 80 -10q29 0 67 42z" id="x1D467"></path></g>
</svg>-displacement by GPU GTX580</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="618980.fig.009c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/618980/figures/618980.fig.009c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b><svg height="8.4250002" id="M113" style="vertical-align:-0.273pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8.5874996 8.4250002" width="8.5874996" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,8.013)"><path d="M475 445l-64 -69q-119 -128 -289 -280q27 6 81 -15q66 -26 102 -26q48 0 111 93l23 -19q-41 -84 -75.5 -116.5t-73.5 -32.5q-37 0 -147 53q-43 21 -63 7q-22 -15 -38 -41q-4 -7 -11 -7q-8 10 -8 26q0 38 47 83l292 273q-32 -5 -67 -1q-63 7 -105 7q-32 0 -53.5 -22
t-47.5 -67l-25 13q15 39 38 78q40 66 83 66q57 0 120 -12q52 -10 80 -10q29 0 67 42z" id="x1D467"></path></g>
</svg>-displacement by GPU GTX670</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="618980.fig.009d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/618980/figures/618980.fig.009d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b><svg height="8.4250002" id="M114" style="vertical-align:-0.273pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8.5874996 8.4250002" width="8.5874996" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,8.013)"><path d="M475 445l-64 -69q-119 -128 -289 -280q27 6 81 -15q66 -26 102 -26q48 0 111 93l23 -19q-41 -84 -75.5 -116.5t-73.5 -32.5q-37 0 -147 53q-43 21 -63 7q-22 -15 -38 -41q-4 -7 -11 -7q-8 10 -8 26q0 38 47 83l292 273q-32 -5 -67 -1q-63 7 -105 7q-32 0 -53.5 -22
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</svg>-displacement by GPU GTX680</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Results from different test platforms.</table>

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Figure 9: A GPU-Based Parallel Procedure for Nonlinear Analysis of Complex Structures Using a Coupled FEM/DEM Approach 