Developing an Architecture Framework for Cloud-Based, Multi-User, Finite Element Pre-Processing

This research proposes an architecture for a cloud-based, multi-user FEA pre-processing system, where multiple engineers can access and operate on the same model in a parallel environment. A prototype is discussed and tested, the results of which show that a multi-user preprocessor, where all comput...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Briggs, Jared Calvin
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2013
Subjects:
fea
cae
cax
byu
Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3813
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4812&context=etd
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Summary:This research proposes an architecture for a cloud-based, multi-user FEA pre-processing system, where multiple engineers can access and operate on the same model in a parallel environment. A prototype is discussed and tested, the results of which show that a multi-user preprocessor, where all computing is done on a central server that is hosted on a high performance system, provides significant benefits to the analysis team. These benefits include a shortened preprocessing time, and potentially higher-quality models.