Structural Design Using Cellular Automata

Traditional parallel methods for structural design do not scale well. This thesis discusses the application of massively scalable cellular automata (CA) techniques to structural design. There are two sets of CA rules, one used to propagate stresses and strains, and one to perform design analysis. These rules can be applied serially, periodically, or concurrently, and Jacobi or Gauss-Seidel style updating can be done. These options are compared with respect to convergence, speed, and stability.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Department dc:contributor.department

Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• Slotta, Douglas J.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Watson, Layne T.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Ribbens, Calvin J.
• Gürdal, Zafer

• structural analysis
• massively parallel processing
• cellular automata

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-06012001-101717

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/33368