Access to data of appropriate format and quality is key to the success of our focus on data integration. While we know how to generate the necessary simulation output as required, experimental and metadata will be coming from external as well as internal sources. Within the current fundig period we set up shared labs for researchers at the University of Stuttgart and abroad. In SimTech, we expanded these labs to SimTech Experimental Platforms and opened them to researchers from other institutions and international guests.
The Experimental Compute Cluster: ehlers provides a basic infrastructure which enables researchers to carry out large-scale simulations. It consists of an experimental compute hardware comprising twelve CPU nodes, four GPU nodes, a single NVIDIA DGX, and miscellaneous administrative and file servers with a total of around 700TB available storage space and thus builds a bridge between the institutes at the university and supercomputers.
In the framework of the inter-facultary Lab for Functional Soft Materials we are working on intelligent adaptive materials, which are applicable in Soft Robotics and biomedical applications at the interface between human and artificial material.
Photo: (c) T. Schwerdt
As a shared laboratory the Multiphase Flow Lab (MFL) combines a wide range of interesting research fields especially experimental measurement infrastructure which mostly focus on single and multiphase flows. Special focus is provided on the characterisation of the interfacial flow, ensuing from the interaction between a porous media and a fluid layer in crossflow configuration. The MFL overall scope of services entails a broad spectrum of measurement techniques and evaluation methods.
The Porous Media Lab is a shared laboratory for researchers who are interested in the characterization of the coupled electro-thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical properties of various kinds of porous materials for example with X-Ray Computed Tomography.
Photo: (c) Uli Regenscheit Fotografie
A core part of the Visualization Lab is the 44-megapixel rear-projection system. On a screen of 6 meters in width and 2.25 meters in height high resolution imagery can be viewed in 2D or stereoscopically in 3D. The installation is unique in Europe with its pixel size of only 0.56 mm. The powerwall is used to visualize complex data from different areas of science and engineering.
The Immersion Lab provides an open environment to explore cutting-edge immersive and pervasive technologies. The lab works closely with the Neuromechanics Lab, sharing the space and hardware for investigating human movement, as well as with the remotely located Visualization Lab.