HIPERCOMBATS : Overview of the pre-processor
The HIPERCOMBATS pre-processor has been designed to allow the user to input each of the physical quantity characterizing the vehicle dynamics and to define the set of computers he intends to use for the parametric study.The Multi-Body System (MBS) simulations, using a general purpose MBS package called COMPAMM, are performed concurrently and are driven by a Parallel Manager module.
To perform a parametric study the user should proceed in three steps
- Define the name of the session and define the paramters that characterize the study. The paramters can be defined as constant or as variable. In this later case, the user should input through the pre-processor the interval where the parameter should vary : the minimum value, the maximum value and the increment.
- Select the computers to be used during the parallel paramtric study. Notice when a computer has been selected the number of processes can be greater than one if this computer is a multiprocessor.
This ``network configuration'' window displays also, some additional information (stored in a configuration file) as the name and IP number of each computer, the maximum number of processes allowed on each computer, and the indication on the availability of NFS with the host computer (running the pre-processor).
- Run !!
The activation of this action will automaticaly generate all the input files for the simulations to be performed within the parametric study and will start processes on the selected computers.
