Parallel Implementation of FEM Solver for Shared Memory Using OpenMP

Table 3

Construction of equation using global locking using mesh (525313 nodes and 1050628 elements).

Threads	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Time	9.1004	4.913	3.754	4.778	4.997	5.121	5.893	6.735
Speedup	1	1.852	2.424	1.905	1.822	1.777	1.544	1.351
Threads	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Time	6.371	7.062	6.914	8.208	8.456	7.327	10.512	8.186
Speedup	1.428	1.289	1.316	1.109	1.076	1.242	0.866	1.112