Cellular automata and complex dynamics of driven elastic media
- AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ (United States)
- ODense Universitet (Denmark)
Several systems of importance in condensed matter physics can be modelled as an elastic medium in a disordered environment and driven by an external force. In the simplest cases, the equation of motion involves competition between a local non-linear potential (fluctuating in space) and elastic coupling, as well as relaxational (inertialess) dynamics. Despite a simple mathematical description, the interactions between many degrees of freedom lead to the emergence of time and length scales much longer than those set by the microscopic dynamics. Extensive computations have improved the understanding of the behavior of such models, but full solutions of the equations of motion for very large systems are time-consuming and may obscure important physical principles in a massive volume of output. The development of cellular automata models has been crucial, both in conceptual simplification and in allowing the collection of data on many replicas of very large systems. We will discuss how the marriage of cellular automata models and parallel computation on a MasPar MP-1216 computer has helped to elucidate the dynamical properties of these many-degree-of-freedom systems.
- OSTI ID:
- 125497
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950212-; TRN: 95:005768-0041
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 7. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) conference on parallel processing for scientific computing, San Francisco, CA (United States), 15-17 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the seventh SIAM conference on parallel processing for scientific computing; Bailey, D.H.; Bjorstad, P.E.; Gilbert, J.R. [eds.] [and others]; PB: 894 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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