O(N) parallel tight binding molecular dynamics simulation of carbon nanotubes

被引:13
作者
Özdogan, C
Dereli, G [1 ]
Çagin, T
机构
[1] Middle E Tech Univ, Dept Phys, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey
[2] Cankaya Univ, Dept Comp Engn, TR-06530 Ankara, Turkey
[3] CALTECH, Mat & Proc Simulat Ctr, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
关键词
O(N); parallelization; tight-binding; molecular dynamics; carbon nanotubes; PVM;
D O I
10.1016/S0010-4655(02)00553-2
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
We report an O(N) parallel tight binding molecular dynamics simulation study of (10 x 10) structured carbon nanotubes (CNT) at 300 K. We converted a sequential O(N-3) TBMD simulation program into an O(N) parallel code, utilizing the concept of parallel virtual machines (PVM). The code is tested in a distributed memory system consisting of a cluster with 8 PC's that run under Linux (Slackware 2.2.13 kernel). Our results on the speed up, efficiency and system size are given. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:188 / 205
页数:18
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