Hi All, Sep 4, 2013 Monthy Meeting Please see clug events blog at http://clug.ca
Jacob has agreed to give a talk at our next Calgary Linux users. The topic will be about building the world’s best river surfing wave hardware and freely sharing that knowledge. Who in CLUG is interested in this international project? I was contacted by Jacob Quinlan Communications Advisor Student and Enrolment Services University of Calgary in regards to an Open Source CFD project related to River Wave Design and the Alberta River Surfing Association See you at the meeting! I think you will find Jacob's enthusiasm contagious. ==== END OF BRIEF MODE :) I did not realize the project is under construction so soon. For this hardware, if already built, we could still try to compare the simulation results with this real world case. Then later perfect the use of simulation as aid to design. It would be best if any of those interested meet/talk at an earlier date. Just to try it out, I installed 'code-saturne' - General purpose Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software on my workstation today. Is this the program you were referring to? If so it appears easy to install. Running it will require reading the documentation example: For Debian stable it appears I get version number 2.1.7-1 of code_saturne :~$ code_saturne gui gives a GUI asking for help gives you: File /usr/share/doc/code_saturne/user.pdf not found. File /usr/share/doc/code_saturne/tutorial.pdf not found. That seems to be because the files were put here: evince /usr/share/doc/code-saturne-doc/user.pdf is 205 pages manual and here: evince /usr/share/doc/code-saturne-doc/tutorial.pdf is 120 pages manual theory.pdf is 337 pages refcard.pdf is one page example data The Web site talks about more recent versions 3.0 stable and 3.1 Applying the program to practical cases may be fairly strait forward, but require some work of a technical nature (at least following the tutorial) Maybe getting the data input in a way the program will give you some answers. Also there are more CDF programs to pick from, yet I do not have comparisons handy. So, the way I seem to understand things. Installing is only the start, not to mention picking the right Linux install to run an up to date version. (also dialing back to simple weir cases, since it is a very complex and general purpose program) foot note: I was using Debian wheezy (stable) Have not yet tried jessie (testing) amd64 yet nor Ubuntu etc Who in CLUG is interested in this international project? I have peeked at Fluid Dynamics in the past out of interest, but it was not my main field. Who else may be up to the challenge? See you at the meeting! I think you will find Jacob's enthusiasm contagious. Mel Walters On Wed, 2013-08-28 at 17:07 -0600, Jacob Quinlan wrote: > Hi Mel, > Thank you so much for your quick reply! I would love to come out to the > group meeting on the 4th and offer any more information required and chat > in person with the club! > > I didn't mention in my email but we are on a bit of a time crunch. If you > truly think there is interest to help within your group, I'm wondering if > it is a good idea to forward my email. We have a permitted construction > time of September 3-15 in the Kananaskis this year so if anyone is keen on > the project and wants to get started right away, their help could > drastically improve the success of this project and the success of other > projects like it around the world. > > With that said, I didn't know CFD software existed before talking to Alex > last week and we can certainly move forward without it if we cannot find > someone willing to help this week or next. The Surf Anywhere project is > ongoing and will be looking to run CFD simulations in the short and long > term. It is one thing to show people how the wave design worked in our > river but much more revolutionary if we can empower others to see how a > design like this could work in their river. If CFD software helps us do > that, then it's an incredibly exciting project!!! > > Let me know if you think anyone is keen in the immediate future, otherwise > let's touch base shortly before the event. If there's anything you would > like me to prepare or provide ahead of time I would be happy to do so :) > > Have a great day!! > Jacob > > ________________________________ > Jacob Quinlan > Communications Advisor > Student and Enrolment Services > University of Calgary > 403.210.7993 > > > > > > > > On 2013-08-28 4:50 PM, "Mel Walters" <melwalt...@telus.net> wrote: > > >Hi Jacob, > > > >Good to hear from you! I like your endeavour and would like to discuss > >how I can help. > > > >I have used simulations before at work for simulating process and > >control and at play as a tool to learn how to box the wake behind the > >tow plane for part of a glider flight test. > > > >I have not seen the full software Licensing[1] of Open Source Wave > >Building, it sounds like a great way to tackle the designs. I think > >there will be interest in the club. > > > >Events- > >http://clug.ca > > > >Would your group consider presenting the idea at the Calgary Linux Users > >Group Meeting on Sept 4? We meet at the downtown office of U of C. > > > >Please give me a call to know how I can help. > > > >[1]Licensing and Freedoms > > > >Mel Walters (pres) > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jacob Quinlan <jquin...@ucalgary.ca> > >To: presid...@clug.ca <presid...@clug.ca> > >Cc: climbing...@hotmail.com <climbing...@hotmail.com>, > >n...@riversurfing.ca <n...@riversurfing.ca> > >Subject: Wave Builders Seeking Assistance > >Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:52:20 -0600 > >Mailer: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.2.2.120421 > > > >Dear CLUG President Steve Jones, > >I am writing from the Alberta River Surfing Association and wondering if > >you would be interested in helping us with a very special project. A > >group of dedicated Albertans have found a way to surf in the river and > >have been working on a project for quite some time to develop an open > >source design for the perfect river wave. We plan to release this > >design to the world so anyone has access to build a perfect wave in > >their city or town. > > > > > >The reason I'm reaching out to you is a friend at the University of > >Calgary is helping us build a 3D model of the wave and test its strength > >and surf-ability. He has suggested we reach into our network to find > >someone with, " a linux based system, it should be fairly easy to > >install this open source CFD software and implement the simulation". If > >you ask if there is any interest among your group in helping with an > >international scale project we would love to have them on board. Plus, > >I heard a rumour that programers like beer, lol. > > > > > >Anyways, it might be a long shot but I had to ask. If you can do the > >same, maybe there's a surfer in your group or someone who just wants to > >help a group of people in needŠ I greatly appreciate you just asking. > > > > > >Have an awesome day! I wish you the best with CLUG and all your > >endeavours!! > >Peace and flow, > >Jacob > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgEfYXJLdls > > > > > >________________________________ > >Jacob Quinlan > >Communications Advisor > >Student and Enrolment Services > >University of Calgary > >403.210.7993 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
