Scientific Computations in Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Crystallography

摘要

In accordance with this URIP program, the following equipment has been acquired and installed: a FPS-164 MAX scientific computer with 1M words of memory, a matrix algebra accelerator, and FPS-164 MAX D64 disk subsystem with two drives. The scientific computing facility based on this equipment is now operational. It is housed in a specially constructed computer room in close proximity to the four principal departments involved in this activity. From the outset, the facility has been actively used for a range of research projects, including: (1) Methods for the solution of differential/algebraic equations with particular applications to sheet-metal forming and related problems in solid mechanics, (2) Development of computable error estimates of solutions of nonlinear boundary value problems for partial differential equations by finite element techniques, (3) Computational research in crystallography involving principally the determination of three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules at atomic resolution by x-ray diffraction, (4) Computational methods for solution of parameterized equations with particular emphasis on bifurcation phenomena. (Author)