A web-based parallel PDE solver generation system for distributed memory computing environments

The finite element method is widely applied to many domains, such as engineering, atmology, oceanography, biology, etc. The major drawback of the finite element method is that its execution takes a lot of time and memory spaces. Due to the computation-intensiveness and computation-locality properties, we can use the parallel processing method to improve the performance of the finite element method on distributed memory computing environments. However, it is quite difficult to program the finite element method on a distributed memory computing environment. Therefore, the development of a front-end parallel partial differential equations solver generation system is important. In this paper, we want to develop a front-end parallel partial differential equations solver generation system based on the World Wide Web on a distributed-memory computing environment, such as a PC cluster, a workstation cluster, etc. With the system, users who want to use parallel computers to solver partial differential equations can use web browser to input data and parameters. The system will automatically generate the corresponding parallel codes and execute the codes on the distributed memory computing environment. The execution result will be shown on the web browser. The results can also be download by user.