Computational and Modeling Facility
Computer Lab
Several software packages, acquired commercially or developed in house, are available for:
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2-D and 3-D visualization of NDT results
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Data fusion or integrating data analysis from different NDT devices
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Advanced data analysis
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A wealth of general-purpose software packages for finite element (e.g. LSDYNA, NASTRAN, and ANSYS), finite difference (e.g. FLAC3D and WAVE2000), and discrete element (e.g. PFC2D and 3D) modeling is available at UTEP.
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Sophisticated numerical models have already been developed to simulate deflection, impulse and vibration techniques.
For very sophisticated simulations and computations, a 128-cluster parallel-processing computer is available to the researchers which can reduce the run time of these models by a factor of 100 relative to the advanced PCs.
