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In this article a parallel application for the 3D structural analysis of buildings is presented. Taking into account that solving the system of linear equations is the most time-consuming phase, several parallel public domain numerical libraries, that reflect the start-of-the-art, have been tested. A timing result comparison when analyzing two medium-sized buildings is included. Besides, a Grid-based demonstrator has been developed, integrating the parallel application and taking advantage of the different resources remotely distributed in the network. The Grid demonstrator enables the simulation of a larger number of different structural alternatives, with the purpose of finding the one which better accomplishes with all the economical limitations, safety requirements, aesthetical aspects and other criteria.
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Alonso, J.M., de Alfonso, C., García, G., Hernández, V. (2004). Parallel and Grid Computing in 3D Analysis of Large Dimmension Structural Systems. In: Danelutto, M., Vanneschi, M., Laforenza, D. (eds) Euro-Par 2004 Parallel Processing. Euro-Par 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3149. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-27866-5_64
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