Investigation of accelerating numerical-field analysis methods for electric machines with the incorporation of graphic-processor based parallel processing techniques

Alan J. Adzima, Philip T Krein, Tim C. O'Connell

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Abstract

This paper assesses the application of parallel methods to graphic processing units to solve electric-machine field-analysis problems. Current serial-solving techniques do not allow for real time simulation, and waiting for the computational capability to improve enough does not seem practical. The background of graphic-processing-unit based programming that incorporates parallel programming techniques is explored and shown to be an alternative approach for accelerating existing numerical-field analysis techniques. With the advent of C-based coding languages for graphic processing units, existing MATLAB routines can be transitioned to parallel methods by porting functions. Finally, the issues associated with utilizing these techniques are explored in a boundary-element based field-analysis problem.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, ESTS 2009
Pages59-64
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 16 2009
EventIEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, ESTS 2009 - Baltimore, MD, United States
Duration: Apr 20 2009Apr 22 2009

Publication series

NameIEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, ESTS 2009

Other

OtherIEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, ESTS 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore, MD
Period4/20/094/22/09

Keywords

  • Electric machines
  • Field simulation
  • Numerical analysis
  • Parallel processing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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