@techreport{R-94-16,
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ABSTRACT = {Scientific and engineering database applications put new requirements 
on database management systems that is usually not associated with traditional 
administrative database applications. These new database applications include fi
nite element analysis (FEA) for computational mechanics and usually have a high 
level of complexity of both data and algorithms, as well as high volume of data 
and high requirements on execution efficiency. This paper shows how next gen
eration object-oriented database technology that includes a relationally complete 
and extensible object-oriented query language can be used to model and manage 
FEA. The technology allows the design of domain models that represent applica
tion-oriented conceptual models of data and operators. An initial integration of a 
main-memory object-relational database management system with a state-of-the-
art FEA program is presented. The FEA program integrates the complete FEA 
process and is controlled completely through a graphical user interface. Examples 
are included of the conceptual model and its manipulation along with some initial 
performance measures. It is shown that the integrated system provides competi
tive performance and is a promising alternative for design and implementation of 
future FEA software.},
TITLE = {Applying Next Generation Object-Oriented DBMS to Finite Element Analysis},
AUTHOR = {Kjell Orsborn},
EMAIL = {kjeor@ida.liu.se},
YEAR = {1994},
NUMBER = {R-94-16},
INSTITUTION = ida,
ADDRESS = idaaddr,
IDANR = {LiTH-IDA-R-94-16},
NOTE = {Accepted to The 1st International Conference on Applications of Databases (ADB-94), Vadstena, Sweden, June 21-23, 1994}