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Subjects for case studies

1. Buckling for 3D solids **** Add buckling analysis capabilities for high order 3D solid elements to miniFE. You will have to extend the existing element class such that it computes the stress stiffening matrix. 2. Parallelization of element matrix computation *** Use thread-based parallization of element stiffness matrix computation to speed up highorder finite element computations in miniFE. Evaluate performance on VGU's 16 core compute server. 3. Simulation of a non-linear dynamical system in Java ** Implement a Java program to simulate the behaviour of a non-linear dynamical system like the double-pendulum or Rott's pendulum. The user should of the software should be able to adjust the properties of the system, to run the simulation and to monitor the simulation. 4. Lattice-Boltzmann method in Java *** The lattice Boltzman method is a method to simulate the behaviour of fluids. In its basic form, it is surprisingly simple to program. The task is to implement the method in Java and to visualize the results. 5. Mesh Generator for CFX * Generating meshes for CFX can be very time consuming. In this task, a graphical program should be developed which is capable of generating a CFX mesh for a predefined application case (eg. one block in a tunnel) based on a set of parameters (cell size etc.) provided by the user. In cooperation with Cornelia Wevers. 6. Particle tracing for CFD ** In order to visualize results of a CFD computation, it is sometimes useful to track the paths of a set of particles in the stream. In this task, a method which takes into account turbulences, should be implemented in Java and applied to simulation results obtained from the open source CFD solver openFOAM (also installed on VGU's compute server). In cooperation with Cornelia Wevers. 7. Visualization of wind-pressure elds on a bridge* In order to realistically simulate the dynamics of a bridge under wind load, the computational model has to take into account the interaction between the fluid and the structure. This task is to visualize the pressure field generated by the air flowing around the bridge based on existing analysis results. In cooperation with Anina Sarkic (co-worker of Prof. Hffer). Difficulty of tasks * ** *** **** Not very difficult Normal difficulty Challenging Very challenging, only for highly motivated students