Distributed Testing at CU-NEES Using OpenFresco and SIMCOR
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CU-NEES 2008 FHT Workshop 1 N EES at CU Boulder The George E Brown, J r. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation 01000110 01001000 01010100 Feb. 19, 2008 Distributed Testing at CU-NEES Using OpenFresco and SIMCOR Gary Haussmann
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Gary Haussmann. Distributed Testing at CU-NEES Using OpenFresco and SIMCOR. Outline. Distributed Testing Who's in charge? Issues and limitations OpenFresco In analysis In testing SIMCOR Connecting to a test site Sample Testing Configurations. Distributed Testing. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CU-NEES 2008 FHT Workshop1
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Distributed Testing at CU-NEESUsing OpenFresco and SIMCOR
Gary Haussmann
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Outline• Distributed Testing
– Who's in charge?– Issues and limitations
• OpenFresco– In analysis– In testing
• SIMCOR– Connecting to a test site
• Sample Testing Configurations
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Distributed Testing• Physically distant
sites cooperate to perform a test
• Combine resources and equipment
• Relevant position/force data sent over Internet
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Who's In Charge?
• Someone has to be “in charge”– Start/stop the test at a single site– Send requests, get data from “satellite”
locations• Typically the primary analysis site is in
charge– But analysis may be “subcontracted”– Satellite sites only perform physical
manipulation
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Issues and Limitations• Timing of overall test
– Typically implicit in data transfer– Usually not real-time (speed of light)
• Software and Protocols– One protocol is enough– Software versioning
• Check the Network– Firewalls, filters, can cause problems– Bandwidth usually not an issue
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OpenFresco: A Summary• No analysis in OpenFresco
– Mostly networking and Some Instrumentation
– Designed to be used with analysis tool (OpenSEES etc.)
• Combine various objects to achieve the behavior you want– Remote or local hybrid test– Various element types– Various actuator configurations
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OpenFresco Components• Site
– Local or Client & Server• Element
– Truss, Frame, TwoNode• Setup
– OneActuator or multi-DOF– Handles transforms
• Control– Talk to your equipment
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SIMCORSimulation Coordinator
• Built using MATLAB– Inherent access to MATLAB functionality– MATLAB-based GUI during test
• Not analysis tool– Embed analysis as a module– ABAQUS, FE-DEAS, OpenSEES, etc.
• Configure Modules for Various Protocols– LabView module– OpenFresco1D module– OpenSEES analysis module
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SIMCOR Modules
• Analysis Modules– ABAQUS, FE-DEAS, etc.
• Control Modules– LabView– OpenFresco1D– MATLAB SIMCOR
Integration
LabViewModule
OpenFrescoModule
FE-DEASModule
LabView
OpenFrescoServer
FE-DEASInstance
SIMCOR Process
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OpenFresco or SIMCOR?• Previous software experience
– OpenSEES or TCL: OpenFresco– MATLAB: SIMCOR
• Legacy analysis results– MATLAB: SIMCOR– OpenSEES: OpenFresco– ABAQUS, FE-DEAS: SIMCOR
• CU NEES Site– Both SIMCOR and OpenFresco installed– OpenFresco controller “default”– Access with either tool
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A Series of Tests
• Perform tests of ever-increasing complexity• Local-only with simulated specimen• Local-only with actual specimen• Distributed with simulated specimen(s)• Distributed with actual specimen(s)
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Local-Only Test• “Server” and “Client” are the same
machine• Use a fake specimen with SimUniaxialMaterial
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Local-Only Hybrid Test
• Client/Server on Same Machine• Live Actuator Movement
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Distributed Dry Run
• Analysis at one site, specimen at another• Specimen is simulated with SimUniaxialMaterial
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Distributed Hybrid Test• Multi-site • Live
Actuators• UIUC,
SIMCOR• Berkeley,
OpenFresco
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Multi-Site Testing
• Three sites• CU, LeHigh, U.
of Connecticut• U-Conn performs
analysis• CU, LeHigh drive
“specimens”
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Multi-Site Testing
• U-Conn runs OpenSEES 1.7.4/OpenFresco 2.5 client
• CU runs OpenFresco/xPC Module server• LeHigh run OpenFresco/SCRAMnet
Module server• Network Transfer and Campus Firewalls
– Manually open a port via paperwork– Find an open port to use
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Multi-Site Testing• Test Results• Two Specimen Errors
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Conclusion
• Use OpenFresco or SIMCOR for distributed Hybrid Tests
• CU-NEES Support Distributed Tests via OpenFresco Server
• Testing Process– Start simple, local– Check network connections– Switch to live specimens
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