OpenFresco
Administrators and Developers Workshop
February 23, 2008
UC Berkeley, Richmond Field Station, nees@berkeley Equipment Site
Hybrid simulation is a set of methods for examining the seismic response of structures using a hybrid model comprised of both physical and numerical sub-structures. This workshop on OpenFresco is for NEES site staff and administrators who are responsible for intalling and maintaining OpenFresco, and who may need to assist their site's users with hybrid simulations involving OpenFresco middleware. It is also intended for intermediate and advanced HS researchers interested in capitalizing on the capabilities of OpenFresco to conduct complex tests, and for developers interested in extending OpenFresco's capabilities or pairing OpenFresco to new FE software applications and laboratory control and DAQ equipment. Questions such as those listed below will be addressed at the workshop:
- How do I install OpenFresco at my site and link it to my site's equipment and software?
- OpenFresco is object oriented, but how do I find the various modules so I can understand more fully what they do or modify them?
- What do each of the OpenFresco objects do and what are the requirements for changing them so they all still work together?
- I know OpenFresco already works with LS-Dyna, Matlab, OpenSees, and SimCor, but users want to use other computer programs. One of my faculty members wants to use her finite element software to carry out a hybrid test. How do they do this?
- Our lab uses specialized control equipment, and it may not work with OpenFresco. One of my investigators wants to implement a new form of hybrid testing. Is there something I can do to make these specialized connections?
- How can we use OpenFresco for real time tests?
- Some of our staff and users are experts and want to develop their own applications, incorporating special software features not currently available. They want to use the OpenFresco middleware as the foundation for their new applications. How can they do this?
- So much for theory, can I try this out?
- What's in the works?
Workshop webpages: Tentative Agenda and Main+Agenda (PDF).
For individuals already familiar with the basic aspects of using OpenFresco and conducting hybrid experiments, the Administrator/Developer workshop is ideal. For those with limited experience with using OpenFresco, selection of integration operators and parameters, setting up and running hybrid simulations, and so on, the two-day user training workshop on Hybrid Simulation being held on February 21–22, 2008 at nees@berkeley is recommended as background for our more technically-focused Administrator/Developer workshop.
Registration
To register for the OpenFresco workshop, please send an email message to fenves@berkeley.edu. There is no charge for attending the workshop.
Additional Information on OpenFresco
Source code and detailed written information on OpenFresco can be obtained at:
http://openfresco.neesforge.nees.org/
Logistics
The workshop will be held at the nees@berkeley Equipment Site located at the UC Berkeley Richmond Field Station (http://nees.berkeley.edu). We recommend the Hotel Durant and will provide transportation from the hotel to the Richmond Field Station. Please see below to find a list of nearby hotels and directions to arrive at the Richmond Field Station.
Location
| Room 19 in Building 451 (EERC Conference Room) |
| UC Berkeley - Richmond Field Station |
| 1301 South 46th Street |
| Richmond, California 94804 (San Francisco Bay Area) |
Accommodations
For overnight stays, we suggest using the Hotel Durant. Call the hotel to make reservations at 1-800-238-7268. Identify yourself as attending the “NEES hybrid simulation workshop” and the confirmation code #H40000. We will provide transportation between the hotel and the Richmond Field Station.
For other accommodation arrangements, consider UC Berkeley's list of local, recommended hotels.
Transportation
- We will provide transportation between the Hotel Durant and the Richmond Field Station.
- If you will be driving to the facility, here are maps and directions to the Richmond Field Station.
- Parking at the Richmond Field Station costs $0.50 per day. We will provide daily parking permits, ask for one when you check in at the workshop.
Contact Information
For more information, contact
Gregory Fenves
510-643-8543
fenves@berkeley.edu
Website Links
nees@berkeley
Workshop Webpages: Main, Agenda, and Main+Agenda (PDF).
Hybrid Simulation Workshop Webpages: Main, Agenda, and Flyer.
Hotel Durant
List of Local Hotels
Maps and Directions
