The Earthquake Problem and a Computational Advancement
A newsletter from our technical partner SiOmec.
In May 2015, Dr. Norbert Schwarzer was invited to the geology department at Ohio State University and gave a presentation about his work. During that presentation he was asked to model a certain earth-layer situation that apparently was considered a very difficult problem by the audience, and which usually requires super-computers to be simulated. Norbert used the software (his own FilmDoctor) on his laptop computer and had the result in a few seconds. The audience had expected either total failure or endless evaluation time. So, you can picture quite some jaw dropping.
As a mere byproduct, a new mechanical failure mechanism was discovered which had puzzled and molested many engineers for many years in the coating industry (see Figure 1).
Witness: Prof. Michael Bevis, Ohio State University
Figure 1. The Paradox Double Eggshell Effect
A Computational Advance
Now a recent test of FilmDoctor being developed to run on 64-bit instead of 32-bit operating system architecture has shown the calculation times to be dramatically improved (see Figure 2). The 64-bit version allows much better multitasking and data handling with better utilization of a computers available RAM memory.
Figure 2. At left a 2-layer system (hard layer over incompressible layer over hard substrate) leading to the double eggshell effect. At right various computation times for different problem types using a 4 core CPU and comparing 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The computation evaluation software allows to compare different numbers of CPU cores, different resolution and for a variety of different n-dimensional problem types. The yellow highlight shows the calculation times for the 2-layer system.
The Result, this 2-layer double eggshell example would normally take 3 seconds is now calculated in 1 second. Imagine not having to schedule days, weeks, or months of super compute time to get the answers you need faster and provide a competitive advantage.
Papers (the story was verified by SVC before taking it into their Bulletin):
[91] N. Schwarzer, “From Hertz via Higgs to a Paradox Failure Mechanism”, page 46, The 2015 Fall issue of the SVC Bulletin, https://lnkd.in/eeazVdiF
The necessary theory can be found here:
[92] N. Schwarzer, “Scale invariant mechanical surface optimization applying analytical time dependent contact mechanics for layered structures”, Chapter 22 in “Applied Nanoindentation in Advanced Materials”, Atul Tiwari (Editor), Sridhar Natarajan (Co-Editor), ISBN: 978-1-119-08449-5, 2017, https://lnkd.in/dJQ8WW5
For questions about the newsletter, please contact Troy vom Braucke via email: info@gpplasma.com
If you have questions about the software FilmDoctor, feel free to contact our programmer Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de