List of Tables

Array redimensioning from serial to parallel versions of ELECFEM3D, ELAS3D and THERMAL3D

List of Figures

Depiction of Data Set split across 8 processing nodes.

Depiction of d1 and d2 values for Root and Processing Node 1.

Depiction of Top and Bottom Ghost Layers from Root and Node 1. d2+1(Node1) = d1(Node2); d1-1(Node1) = d2(Root); d2+1(Root)= d2(Node1) but, d1-1(Root) = d2 layer of Nth processor.

Depiction of original  finite element data set in a serial based program showing the equivalency of the Z layers. The Real layers are real data.

Depiction of ghost layers in the parallel finite element program showing the equivalency of the Z layers across 4 processors for the nz = 6, nz2 = 8 case. Note how the d1 − 1 1ayer of the bottom node & the d2+1 layer of the top node are unused in the calculation.