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Project

Development of geotechnical discrete element calculations on GPU
Code
01N00813
Duration
01 January 2013 → 31 October 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Applied mathematics in specific fields
    • Computer architecture and networks
    • Distributed computing
    • Information sciences
    • Information systems
    • Programming languages
    • Scientific computing
    • Theoretical computer science
    • Visual computing
    • Other information and computing sciences
  • Engineering and technology
    • Geotechnical and environmental engineering
Keywords
GPU geotechnics discrete elements
 
Project description

Developments in the graphical cards for computers (GPU) have led to a calculation power in these cards that significantly exceeds the calculation power of the central processing unit (CPU). This project aims to utilize this power to perform geotechnical calculations using discrete elements by adapting existing software originally developed for the gaming industry.