Johan, ZdenekMathur, Kapil K.Johnsson, S. LennartHughes, Thomas J.R.2016-01-211994Johan, Zdenek, Kapil K. Mathur, S. Lennart Johnsson, and Thomas J.R. Hughes. 1994. Mesh Decomposition and Communication Procedures for Finite Element Applications on the Connection Machine CM-5 System. Harvard Computer Science Group Technical Report TR-08-94.http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:24829621The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of data mapping strategies on the performance of finite element applications. First, we describe a parallel mesh decomposition algorithm based on recursive spectral bisection used to partition the mesh into element blocks. A simple heuristic algorithm then renumbers the mesh nodes. Large three-dimensional meshes demonstrate the efficiency of those mapping strategies and assess the performance of a finite element program for fluid dynamics.en-USResearch Paper or Report2016-01-21