Mechanics

A novel, hybrid parallel C++ framework for computational solid mechanics is de-veloped and presented. The modular and extensible design of this framework allows it to support a wide variety of numerical schemes including discontinuous Galerkin formulations and higher order methods, multiphysics problems, hybrid meshes made of different types of elements and a number of different linear and non-linear solvers. In addition, native, seamless support is included for hardware acceleration by Graph-ics Processing Units (GPUs) via NVIDIA’s CUDA architecture for both single GPU workstations and heterogenous clusters of GPUs. The capabilities of the framework are demonstrated through a series of sample problems, including a laser induced cylin-drical shock propagation, a dynamic problem involving a micro-truss array made of millions of elements, and a tension problem involving a shape memory alloy with