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Facilities jojodecasa 2017-04-02T21:41:32+00:00

Modelling and experimental facilities

  • MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING

  • MATERIAL CHARACTERISATION

  • MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING

High performance computing

IRIDIS 4 supercomputer


  • 12,200 cores (250 TFlops)
  • 16*2.6 GHz cores per node;
  • 4 GB of memory per core;
  • 4 high-memory nodes with 256 GB of RAM;
  • 24 Intel Xeon Phi Accelerators (25 TFlops);
  • 1.04 PB of storage with Parallel File System;
  • Infiniband network for interprocess communication;

IRIDIS 3


In 2009, the University of Southampton invested over £3M for the upgrade and provision of high performance computing facilities.

This included the acquisition of  IRIDIS 3 which was the most powerful university-owned supercomputer in the UK (74th in the world as of 31 March 2010, source: www.top500.org).
IRIDIS 3 consists of 1008 compute nodes. Each node has 2 Intel Nehalem Quad-core processors, giving 8 cores per node and 8064 processor-cores total.

Individual workstations


Dual Intel QuadCore/OctaCore PC workstations with nVidia GPUs (16 to 128 Gb RAM, Windows 7 64, high-performance Intel SSD)
Synology drives

Computational physics simulation software applications


These applications are available on individual PC workstations, IRIDIS 4 and IRIDIS 3 supercomputer (Linux and Windows HPC)

  • ABAQUS/Standard & ABAQUS/Explicit (www.simulia.com)
  • COMSOL Multiphysics (www.comsol.com)
  • ANSYS (www.ansys.com)
  • ANSYS Fluent (www.ansys.com)
  • STAR-CCM+, STAR-CD (www.cd-adapco.com)

Pre-processing, post-processing and scientific visualisation


  • ScanIP, ScanCAD (www.simpleware.com)
  • SolidWorks (www.solidworks.com)
  • Rhinoceros (www.rhino3d.com)
  • Tecplot 360 (www.tecplot.com)
  • AVIZO Standard, Wind, Earth, Fire, Green (www.vsg3d.com)
  • Paraview (www.paraview.org)

Programming and high-performance libraries


  • Intel Fortran, C++, Python
  • NAG

Symbolic and numerical mathematics


  • Mathematica (www.wolfram.com)
  • Global Optimization for Mathematica (www.loehleenterprises.com)
  • Matlab (www.mathworks.com) & numerous toolboxes
  • MATERIAL CHARACTERISATION

Equipment


  • Atomic Force Microscopy
  • Nanoindenter
  • RAMAN microscopy
  • ZETA APS for particle characterisation
  • Capillary electrophoresis for solution characterisation
  • EDIC (Episcopic differential interference conhust microscope)
  • TEM of 0.21nm resolution with EDS
  • µ-VIS Computer Tomography Centre
  • Optical microscopy & image analysis including 3D optical measurement of surface form
  • Scanning electron microscopy (including high resolution field emission) with wavelength dispersive and energy dispersive X-ray analysis and EBSP
  • Non-contact optical profilometry
  • Atomic force microscopy (AFM) for topography and mechanical characterisation of surfaces
  • Nanoindenter stylus calibration by metrological AFM
  • X-ray diffraction at ambient and elevated temperatures
  • Residual stress by RAMAN microscopy
  • Nanoindenter (depth sensing indentation) for modulus and hardness measurement
  • Micro indenter with depth sensing for hardness measurement
  • Scratch testing for evaluation of coating failure. System has multi-pass facilities for examination of build-up of damage and acoustic emission for detection of failure events
  • Bend/tensile testing for adhesion measurement and work of fracture at ambient and elevated temperature
  • Residual stress measurement by X-ray diffraction at ambient and elevated temperature
  • Rockwell indentation test for adhesion measurement
  • Scratch test and model abrasion test system with friction and acoustic emission measurement to detect failure of coatings. Steady or ramped loads from 2-200 N with single or repeat pass testing
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