Using multiprocessors
CYPECAD and CYPE 3D use the potential of multiprocessors during the analysis process.
To access these features, there are two modules that allow users to benefit from the performance advantages of multiprocessors:
- Parallel analysis with two multiprocessors
- Parallel analysis with up to eight processors
Using computers containing several parallel processors and with the corresponding module, a considerable amount of time can be saved during the analysis process in the aforementioned programs.
Using multiprocessors in CYPETHERM EPlus
The rigorous analysis of the thermal demand carried out by EnergyPlus™ involves a large number of operations, which substantially increases the analysis time. Therefore, using the Parallel analysis with two multiprocessors or Parallel analysis with up to eight processors modules, programs using the EnergyPlus™ analysis engine (CYPETHERM EPlus) can use the multiprocessors by managing the target building and the reference building simultaneously, reducing the analysis time by approximately 50% when using EnergyPlus™.
Using multiprocessors in CYPECAD and CYPE 3D
There is a significant difference in the analysis time in CYPECAD and CYPE 3D when using the Parallel analysis with two processors module or the Parallel analysis with up to eight processors modules. In CYPE 3D the time taken to resize the sections will also be considerably reduced when using these modules on computers with multiprocessors.
The analysis time of a structure does not only depend on the type of processor available in the computer where it is analysed (multiprocessor and single-core processor), but also on the remaining hardware of the computer, the operating system and, naturally, the structure being analysed (type of floor slab used, whether or not there are walls, the volume of the structure to be analysed, etc.).
In order to check the performance of the two multiprocessor analysis modules, CYPE has carried out comparative studies on a computer with two processors and another with four processors. Several jobs have been analysed on the two computers both with and without using the corresponding module.
Comparative study:
- For a computer with four processors (quad-core):
- Job description:
- Nº of floors: 6
- Total floor slab area 8.003 m2
- Waffle slabs 5.822 m2
- Flat slabs 2.181 m2
- Lateral wall area 1.017 m2
- Job has been designed to resist wind and seismic loads
Analysis time WITH Parallel analysis with up to eight processor module 3 h 6'.
Analysis time WITHOUT Parallel analysis with up to eight processor module 9 h 17'.
This saves 67 % of analysis time.
- Job description:
- Nº of floors: 4
- Total floor slab area 6.862 m2
- Mat foundation 1.911 m2
- Waffle slab 4.951 m2
- Lateral wall area 1.093 m2
- Job has been designed to resist wind and seismic loads
Analysis time WITH Parallel analysis with up to eight processor module 41'.
Analysis time WITHOUT Parallel analysis with up to eight processor module 1 h 51'.
This saves 63 % of analysis time.
- Job description:
- Nº of floors: 6
- Total floor slab area 32.432 m2
- Flat slabs 32.432 m2
- Lateral wall area 11.021 m2
- Job has been designed to resist wind and seismic loads
Analysis time WITH Parallel analysis with up to eight processor module 3 h 23'.
Analysis time WITHOUT Parallel analysis with up to eight processor module 8 h 27'.
This saves 60 % of analysis time.
- Job description:
- Nº of floors: 27
- Total floor slab area 28.547 m2
- Mat foundation 1.255 m2
- Flat slabs 3.713 m2
- Waffle slab 23.579 m2
- Lateral wall area 2.342 m2
- Job has been designed to resist wind and seismic loads
Analysis time WITH Parallel analysis with up to eight processor module 2 h 21'.
Analysis time WITHOUT Parallel analysis with up to eight processor module 5 h 18'.
This saves 56 % of analysis time.
- Job description:
- For a computer with two processors (dual core):
- Job description:
- Nº of floors: 6
- Total floor slab area 8.003 m2
- Waffle slab 5.822 m2
- Flat slabs 2.181 m2
- Lateral wall area 1.017 m2
- Job has been designed to resist wind and seismic loads
Analysis time WITH Parallel analysis with two processors module 6 h 33'.
Analysis time WITHOUT Parallel analysis with two processors module 11 h 54'.
This saves 45 % of analysis time.
- Job description:
- Nº of floors: 4
- Total floor slab area 6.862 m2
- Mat foundation 1.911 m2
- Waffle slab 4.951 m2
- Lateral wall area 1.093 m2
- Job has been designed to resist wind and seismic loads
Analysis time WITH Parallel analysis with two processors module 1 h 19'.
Analysis time WITHOUT Parallel analysis with two processors module 2 h 20'.
This saves 43 % of analysis time.
- Características de la obra:
- Nº of floors: 6
- Total floor slab area 32.432 m2
- Flat slabs 32.432 m2
- Lateral wall area 11.021 m2
- Job has been designed to resist wind and seismic loads
Analysis time WITH Parallel analysis with two processors module 6 h 11'.
Analysis time WITHOUT Parallel analysis with two processors module 10 h 32'.
This saves 45 % of analysis time.
- Job description:
- Nº of floors: 27
- Total floor slab area 28.547 m2
- Mat foundation 1.255 m2
- Flat slabs 3.713 m2
- Waffle slab 23.579 m2
- Lateral wall area 2.342 m2
- Job has been designed to resist wind and seismic loads
Analysis time WITH Parallel analysis with two processors module 3 h 56'.
Analysis time WITHOUT Parallel analysis with two processors module 6 h 25'.
This saves 39 % of analysis time.
- Job description:
The time saved in analysing the structure is multiplied considering that a single structure may have to be analysed several times until its optimum design is reached.
In these comparatives, for each test, the only factor that was varied was the use of the Analysis with multiprocessors module.
