Structural analysis in a distributed collaboratory

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Structural analysis is examined in order to identify its essential informationrequirements, its fundamental tasks, and the essential functionalities that applicationswhich support it should provide. The special characteristics of the information contentof structural analysis and the algorithms that operate on it are looked into andexploited to devise data structures and utilities that provide proper support of theanalysis task within a local environment, while presenting the opportunity to beextended to the context of a distributed network-based collaboratory as well. Aspectsregarding the distribution of analysis parameters and methods are analysed andalternatives are evaluated. The extentions required to adapt the local data structuresand utilities for use in a distributed communication network are developed andimplemented in pilot form. Examples of collaborative analysis are shown, and anevaluation of the overhead involved in distributed work is performed.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University