A Recursive Formulation for Constrained Mechanical System Dynamics: Part III. Parallel Processor Implementation
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Mechanics of Structures and Machines
- Vol. 16 (2) , 249-269
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08905458808960263
Abstract
A high speed dynamic simulation algorithm that exploits emerging parallel processor computer technology is presented. Medium grain parallelism is defined by the graph structure of a mechanism and the recursive algorithm derived in parts I and II of this paper, for both open and closed loop systems. An off-road vehicle with a suspension system that has eight closed loops is used to illustrate the parallel processor algorithm. A shared memory multiprocessor is used to implement the algorithm and to investigate parallel processing speed-up and overhead. Real-time simulation of a ground vehicle is demonstrated.Keywords
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