2005/06/20
Library Type HPC-MW for PC-Clusters「hpcmw-PC-Cluster ver.2.00」Released.
【Version 2.00】In this version, the library of coupling interface is newly available. For existing libraries, several new features were added, and some bugs were fixed.
- Parallel Visualization Library
- Parallel Streamline (PST) was newly available.
- Coupling Interface Library [New Feature]
- This library provides mesh mapping and interpolation between two programs. According to this library, it becomes possible to perform loose coupling between two programs.
2005/06/20
General Purpose Parallel FEA Code Developed on HPC-MW「pSAN-hpcmw ver.2.00」Released.
【Version 2.00】In this version, eigenvalue analysis and heat transfer analysis were added, some examples were added, and some bugs were fixed.
2005/06/20
Prototype Version of HPC-MW Mesh Viewer「hpcmw_view ver.0.30」Released.
【Version 0.30】The following feature was added.
- It became possible to display shell element (element type: 731, 741).
2005/06/20
Test Tools for HPC-MW「hpcmw-test-tools ver.2.00」Released.
【Version 2.00】In this version, some setup files were updated.
2004/06/21
Library Type HPC-MW for PC-Clusters「hpcmw-PC-Cluster ver.1.00」Released.
【Version 1.00】 In this version, the libraries of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) and dynamic load balancing (DLB) are newly available. For the exsiting libraries, including, I/O, linear solvers and parallel visualizer, several new features were added, and some bugs were fixed.
- I/O and Common Library
- Output routine for log data was changed so that every process outputs a log file.
- Interface to the visualizer was changed.
- File format for distributed mesh was changed.
- New members were added to the structure for mesh data.
- !CONNECTIVITY is being newly supported in the HPC-MW entire mesh data.
- It became possible to specify the name of HPC-MW control file at the initialization routine.
- !MESH GROUP is being newly supported in the HPC-MW control data.
- Parallel Linear Solver Library
- Subroutines "hpcmw_matvec_11", "hpcmw_matvec_22" and "hpcmw_matvec_33" for calculating matrix-vector product were added.
- Subroutines "hpcmw_allreduce_R" and "hpcmw_allreduce_I" for global communication were modified.
- Parallel Visualization Library
- Some 2nd-order element types are now supported.
- It became possible to create deformation image.
- Problems underlying multiple element types were fixed.
- Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) Library[New Feature]
This library provides parallel adaptive mesh refinement for 1st-order tetrahedral and triangular element.
- Dynamic Load Balancing (DLB) Library[New Feature]
This library creates distributed mesh data which balance the load of every process by repartitioning.

2004/06/21
Parallel FEM Code for Elastostatic Analysis「pSAN-hpcmw ver.1.00」Released.
【Version 1.00】This is the 1st release of the parallel finite element code for elastostatic structural analysis 'pSAN-hpcmw' 'pSAN-hpcmw' was released as one of the test tools for HPC-MW Library in the previous release).
This version provides the following features:
- small deformation, large deformation (geometric nonlinearity)
- linear isotropic elasticity
- static analysis
- 2D problems (plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric problem)
- 3D problems
- element type (2D/3D continuum element, low- and high-order element)
- loading conditions (concentrated load, distributed load: surface force, body force, gravity, centrifugal force, temperature load)
- constrained conditions
2004/06/21
Prototype Version of HPC-MW Mesh Viewer「hpcmw_view ver.0.20」Released.
【Version 0.20】The following features was added.
- It became possible to display hierarchical data.
2004/06/21
Test Tools for HPC-MW「hpcmw-test-tools ver.1.00」Released.
【Version 1.00】This version provides test tools for adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) library and dynamic load balancing (DLB) library. In the version 0.10, "pSAN-hpcmw" parallel finite element program for elastostatic structural analysis was contained in this archive.
However, this program is being released as an application of HPC-MW (pSAN-hpcmw ver.1.00). The name of archive file has been changed from "hpcmw-apps" to "hpcmw-test-tools".
2003/11/21
「hpcmw-PC-Cluster ver.0.10」prototype of HPC-MW for PC-ClustersReleased.
【Version 0.10】This is the 1st release of "Library Type HPC Middleware" for PC-Cluster. It is the prototype version and the following are available.
- HPC-MW Library
- I/O library
- parallel linear solver library
- parallel visualization library
- Utilities
- partitioning utility
- visualization utility
- mesh data converter from GeoFEM to HPC-MW
2003/11/21
「pSAN-hpcmw」parallel FEM code for 3D elastic-static solid mechanicsReleased.
【Version 0.10】This is the 1st release of test tools for HPC-MW. This version provides "pSAN-hpcmw" parallel finite element program for elastostatic structural analysis developed on HPC-MW.
2003/11/21
「hpcmw_view」prototype of HPC-MW Mesh ViewerReleased.
【Version 0.10】This is the 1st release of HPC-MW Mesh Viewer. This is the prototype version, and it provides the following features:
- displaying entire/distributed mesh
- rotating, moving and scaling drawing object with mouse
- specifing of drawing method
- displaying distributed mesh with gap between every domains