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PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL MECHANICS RESEARCH FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING COMPUTERS

Award Information

Agency:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
11912 		Program Year/Program:
1990 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
11912 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Applied Research Associates, Inc.
4300 San Mateo Blvd. NE, Suite A-220 Albuquerque, NM 87110 0126
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1990
Title: PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL MECHANICS RESEARCH FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING COMPUTERS
Agency: NASA
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $49,967.00
 

Abstract:

THIS RESEARCH EFFORT WILL INVESTIGATE THE USE OF PARALLEL PROCESSING COMPUTERS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL MECHANICS (PSM) THAT ARISE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF RELIABILITY OF COMPLEX AEROSPACE STRUCTURES. PSM PROBLEMS, SOLVED BY MONTE CARLO SIMULATION, ARE INHERENTLY PARALLEL AND ARE IDEALLY SUITED FOR SOLUTION ON PARALLEL COMPUTERS. RELATIVELY LITTLE RESEARCH, HOWEVER, HAS BEEN CONDUCTED IN PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL MECHANICS TO EXPLOIT THE POWER OF THESE MACHINES. WE WILL INVESTIGATE NEW AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR IMPLEMENTING MONTE CARLO METHODS ON A PARALLEL COMPUTER FOR THE SOLUTION OF PSM PROBLEMS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL FOCUS ON THE EVALUATION, IN A PARALLEL COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE, OF PROBABILISTIC MONTE CARLO IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, INCLUDING PIPELINING (VECTORIZATION), CONCURRENCY (MULTITASKING), SYNCHRONIZATION, AND VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES. WHILE MUCH OF THE RESEARCH IN PSM OVER THE LASTTWO DECADES HAS FOCUSED ON BASIC THEORY DEVELOPMENT, THE NEXT DECADE OF RESEARCH IN COMPUTATIONAL PSM MAY OPEN UP A WHOLE NEW CLASS OF FINITE ELEMENT AND DYNAMICS PROBLEMS TO PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS.

Principal Investigator:

Robert H. Sues
Principal Engineer
9198760018

Business Contact:

Lawrence a. twisdale
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
9198760018
Small Business Information at Submission:

Applied Research Assocs Inc
6404 Falls Of Neuse Road Suite Raleigh, NC 27615

EIN/Tax ID: 850276434
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No