Abstract
Growing complexity in gas turbine engines and the demand for improved performance suggest that parallel processing systems will be necessary to meet processing demands. These demands are further heightened by the need for complex control and health monitoring functions and a software fault tolerance capacity. Using the Inmos transputer as the processing element for the parallel system, this paper explores the potential of such a system to meet these demands with reference to a specific practical turbine engine example. Mapping issues are explored and real-time simulations demonstrate the validity of the approach, while highlighting difficulties associated with the parallelization of irregularly structured systems.
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