Abstract
In recent years, several CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) systems intended for a large scale parallel finite element analysis have appeared and their performance and functionality have also been improved. However, difficulty of system installation procedures and complexity of user operations have also become a heavy burden on CAE users. In this paper, we developed a client-server type CAE system based on a back-end PC cluster and a Java3D-based front-end Web interface. The system helps a user to utilize the remote high performance computational server through the Internet with a simple user interface. The user, sitting in front of a local PC terminal, can perform a large scale finite element analysis over ten million degrees of freedom with 3-D interactive operations from a Web browser.
