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New trends in coupled simulations featuring domain decomposition and metacomputing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2002

Philippe d'Anfray
Affiliation:
, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France (on leave from ) and , Université Paris XIII, 93430 Villetaneuse, France. Philippe.Anfray@cea.fr.
Laurence Halpern
Affiliation:
LAGA, Université Paris XIII, 93430 Villetaneuse, France. halpern@math.univ-paris13.fr.
Juliette Ryan
Affiliation:
and , Université Paris XIII, 93430 Villetaneuse, France. ryan@math.univ-paris13.fr.
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Abstract

In this paper we test the feasibility of coupling two heterogeneous mathematical modeling integrated within two different codes residing on distant sites. A prototype is developed using Schwarz type domain decomposition as the mathematical tool for coupling. The computing technology for coupling uses a CORBA environment to implement a distributed client-server programming model. Domain decomposition methods are well suited to reducing complex physical phenomena into a sequence of parallel subproblems in time and space. The whole process is easily tuned to underlying hardware requirements.

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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2002

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