Parallel computation of three-dimensional nonlinear magnetostatic problems

We describe a general-purpose parallel code for computing accurate solution s to large computationally demanding, 3D, nonlinear magnetostatic problems, The code, CORAL, is based on a volume integral equation formulation. Using an IBM SP parallel computer and iterative solution methods, we successfull y solved the dense linear systems inherent in such formulations. A key comp onent of our work was the use of the PETSc library, which provides parallel portability and access to the latest linear algebra solution technology. C opyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.