Hardware

Cluster

704 Node UC-GTSL OCAPP Cluster :

alice.0.### : AMD 3200+ Single Core 2004 MHz, 512 KB Cache, 128 Nodes
alice.1.### : Intel Pentium 4 Single Core 3000 MHz, 1024 KB Cache, 256 Nodes
alice.2.### : Intel Core2Duo Dual Core 2400 MHz, 4048 KB Cache, 192 Nodes
alice.3.### : AMD 4400+ Dual Core 2210 MHz, 1024 KB Cache, 64 Nodes
alice.4.### : AMD 4600+ Dual Core 2410 MHz, 512 KB Cache, 64 Nodes

Stereoscopic Hardware

Stereoscopic capabilities allow better review of aerospace design and analysis, granting true depth perception to increase accuracy and understanding of the flow physics and improved design.

Passive Dual Projection

Passive Dual-Projection is achieved by projecting a left and right image through polarizing filters (different polarization for each eye), onto a polarization-preserving screen. Passive Polarized glasses are used for stereo viewing.

Equipment:

2 2-NEC LT245 2200 L - 2200 Max ANSI Lumens Brightness, 2000:1 Contrast
Table-top Chief Projector Stacker with Premium Custom Adjustable Filter Holders
Circular Polarized Filtering System - Includes 5"x5" Circular Polarizing Filters and 20 pairs of Circular Polarizing Glasses
Portable Screen: Da-Lite Tripod Silver Matte Screen 60"x80"
Permanent Screen in Lab: Stewart Silver Luxus Screen 100" Diagonal 60"x80" Wall Mounted Fixed Frame Screen
Graphics Card: Nvidia FX3000 AGP 8x 256MB VidMem

ERG Display Console - 'Hydra'

Hydra is used to display large amounts of data at an extremely high resolution, allowing for quick and accurate determination of flow features. The system allows for multiple flow files to be loaded at once for viewing without loss of performance.

System Specs.:

Supermicro X7DAE Motherboard
2 Intel 5160 Dual-Core Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz Processors with 4 MB cache each
16 GB RAM (8 2 GB DIMMs)
500 GB Disk Drive
nVIDIA FX4500 X2 Quadro with 4 dual-link DVI output
SUSE 10.2 X86-64 Operating System
4 HP 30in. Monitors, each at 2560x1600 resolution

Display drivers are available for download here. (Note: Linux Systems only)

The Wii-mote

To satisfy a curiosity, Jason Nimmersheim decided to try reprogramming a Wii-mote to run with TV3. The goal is to create a device that gives the user five degrees of freedom and do so at little cost.

So far, a prototype has been made allowing the user several degrees of freedom using the Nunchuck attatchment, and further degrees of freedom are being developed utilizing the Wii Remote.