TY - GEN
T1 - Numerical calculation of electromagnetic problems on an SCI based PC-cluster
AU - Trinitis, C.
AU - Eberl, M.
AU - Karl, W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2000 IEEE.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - This paper summarizes results obtained using the parallel 3D electromagnetic field simulation program POLOPT on a cluster of PCs connected via an Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) network interface. Compared to previous measurements carried out with conventional network technologies such as Ethernet or Fast Ethernet, a significant rise in parallel efficiency can be obtained. One of the most critical aspects in the design process of high voltage devices and in electrical engineering in general is the accurate simulation of eddy-current problems in three dimensional domains. In order to calculate such problems the engineer needs a method to solve the Maxwell equations in complex, three-dimensional domains. To deal with such problems, a special solver which was implemented by the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Switzerland, has been integrated into the parallel simulation software POLOPT being run at ABB Corporate Research Center Heidelberg, Germany. The software has been ported to a LINUX based PC cluster connected via the SCI. This paper gives the first results that were obtained using the parallel 3D electric field simulation program POLOPT on the LINUX cluster for eddy current problems. Due to the high performance of the CPUs and interconnection technology the results obtained on clusters of PCs can be compared to those obtained on expensive multiprocessor machines. A practical high voltage engineering problem has been calculated.
AB - This paper summarizes results obtained using the parallel 3D electromagnetic field simulation program POLOPT on a cluster of PCs connected via an Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) network interface. Compared to previous measurements carried out with conventional network technologies such as Ethernet or Fast Ethernet, a significant rise in parallel efficiency can be obtained. One of the most critical aspects in the design process of high voltage devices and in electrical engineering in general is the accurate simulation of eddy-current problems in three dimensional domains. In order to calculate such problems the engineer needs a method to solve the Maxwell equations in complex, three-dimensional domains. To deal with such problems, a special solver which was implemented by the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Switzerland, has been integrated into the parallel simulation software POLOPT being run at ABB Corporate Research Center Heidelberg, Germany. The software has been ported to a LINUX based PC cluster connected via the SCI. This paper gives the first results that were obtained using the parallel 3D electric field simulation program POLOPT on the LINUX cluster for eddy current problems. Due to the high performance of the CPUs and interconnection technology the results obtained on clusters of PCs can be compared to those obtained on expensive multiprocessor machines. A practical high voltage engineering problem has been calculated.
KW - Electrical engineering
KW - Electromagnetic fields
KW - Electromagnetic measurements
KW - Ethernet networks
KW - Linux
KW - Maxwell equations
KW - Network interfaces
KW - Personal communication networks
KW - Process design
KW - Voltage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=81455144133&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PCEE.2000.873622
DO - 10.1109/PCEE.2000.873622
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81455144133
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering, PARELEC 2000
SP - 166
EP - 170
BT - Proceedings - International Conference on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering, PARELEC 2000
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - International Conference on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering, PARELEC 2000
Y2 - 27 August 2000 through 30 August 2000
ER -