A method and computer-implemented system for coupling multiple,
concurrently-running FEA analyses of an entity that has multiple levels
of organization in a way that enables each analysis to inform and be
informed by analyses of higher and/or lower levels of organization in the
entity. The method and preferred system includes describing an entity at
multiple levels of organization (for example, multiple length scales)
with FEA models and defining the interplay between the various models.
Further, the method and preferred system includes initializing, managing
and controlling the interaction between the multiple,
concurrently-running FEA analyses. The resulting overall, improved
analysis provides more accurate modeling information about each
individual level of organization than traditional "single-level
FEA"analysis of that level by accounting for the behavior of and
interaction between multiple levels of organization in the entity.