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 Dr. Sergio Galindo Torres Westlake University, China |
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| Title: A multi-physics simulation library | |
| Abstract: Mechsys is a C++-based simulation library that has been developed for more than 10 years, starting during the tenure of Prof Sergio Torres at the University of Queensland in Australia. Its continuing development has been sponsored by research institutions such as the University of Queensland, the Australian Research Council and Westlake University; and by the industry from companies such as Newcrest Mining Ltd and Huadong Engineering Corporation Ltd. Although it was initially a Discrete Element Method (DEM) library for the simulation of granular materials with polyhedral shapes, it quickly became a multi-physics simulation engine when other methods such as Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM to solve Navier Stokes and advection-diffusion equations), Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH for the solution of the constitutive equations of continuum mechanics under very large deformation) and Material Point Method (MPM for elastic bodies that are also largely deformed) were added. Mechsys also offers a set of validated coupled modules such as DEM-LBM, DEM-SPH and LBM-MPM. In this talk, an outline of the projects that Mechsys has been used for, in both academy and the industry, will be shown. Shortcomings and strengths of each one of these methods will be highlighted, to support future modelers in their proper use. Also, future avenues of further development will be illustrated to encourage collaborative links amongst the audience. | |
| Biography: Graduated from the National University of Colombia (School of Physics) in 2003 (2006) with a bachelor's (master's) degree; in 2010, received a PhD in computational physics from the National University of Colombia. Then he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Queensland, Australia. He has been a senior researcher and lecturer in applied mathematics at the University of Queensland from 2015 to 2017. In 2016, he was awarded the Advance Queensland Fellowship by the Queensland Government of Australia, the only fellowship granted in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering for that year. In 2017, he joined the University of Liverpool as a Senior Lecturer and as an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Queensland. Starting in early 2019, he joined Westlake University as an Associate Professor in Geomechanics. | |
