Parallel Solution Methods for Porous Media Models in Biomechanics |
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Authors: | C. Wieners W. Ehlers M. Ammann N. Karajan B. Markert |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mathematics, Englerstraße 2, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany, Internet: http://www.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de/∼wieners;2. Institute of Applied Mechanics (CE), Pfaffenwaldring 7, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, Internet: http://www.mechbau.uni-stuttgart.de/ls2 |
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Abstract: | We present a biomechanical application of our parallel finite element model for coupled problems in solid mechanics. This programming framework provides a very lean and flexible interface, which allows to realize time-dependent nonlinear simulations. In this context, a special variant of a stabilized local Gauß-Seidel preconditioner is introduced, which can be successfully employed to large scale computations. Finally, the efficiency of the implemented algorithm is shown by a numerical example considering the axial compression of a L4-L5 motion segment of the spine. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |
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