SBIR/STTR Research Award
FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A TRANSPUTER BASED FINITE ELEMENT SOLVER
Award amount
$494,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Sparta, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE INTRODUCTION OF TRANSPUTER TECHNOLOGY INTO THE COMPUTATIONAL COMMUNITY PRESENTS NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN NUMERICAL ANALYSIS. APPLICATIONS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY TO FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED AND DEVELOPED. THIS PHASE I STUDY WILL DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO CREATE A TRANSPUTER BASED FINITE ELEMENT SOLVER (TBFES). ASPECTS OF A TBFES WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED INCLUDE ALGORITHM REQUIREMENTS WHICH EXPLOIT PARALLEL PROCESSING, CONFIGURATION OF TRANSPUTERS, AND EFFECTIVENESS IN COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL FINITE ELEMENT METHODS.
Technology keywords
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