A Versatile PC-Based Method for the Processing of the Large Matrices
Abstract In the paper we present a general solution for handling the large matrices. This solution is general because of the wide use of the matrix based approach in problems concerning numerical methods, experimental mechanics, computational mechanics, CFD, computer aided design, economical problems, etc. Some of the major advantages of this solution are: 1. lack of requirements regarding the use of some high-performance computers, the constraints being connected to the size of the hard-disk (at present increasing and being cheaper); 2. Windows operating system may be used but it is not absolutely necessary; 3. it represents an interface between the programming languages; 4. it can easily be used for development of multi-language software applications; 5. applicability in all the domains which use, at the logical level, ‘matrices’ (mathematics, engineering, economics); 6. there are no constraints regarding the use of ‘classic’ solutions techniques; 7. it is easy to implement in software applications already written; 8. data type used as interface may easily be modified in order to be adapted in an optimum way to the current application to be developed. By the use of this solution we solved a series of computer problems and ‘dedicated’ applications in some areas like: Mathematics, Experimental Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, Physics, etc.