Air Flow Consulting , Zürich, Switzerland

Visualisation of unsteady CFX simulation of a spreading fire in a flat unsing COVISE. The concentration of burnt gases can be examined as well as the temperature. By modelling the whole surrounding house, it can be judged whether the existing emergency exits can be accessed securely while the fire advances.

Calit² (California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology), San Diego, CA, USA

Calit² installed a virtual reality wall driven by Covise and OpenCOVER.
Jürgen Schulze-Döbold and his colleagues have an ongoing project concerning interactive visualisation of proteins from the Protein Data Bank (PDB). They also visualize 3D earthquake locations on a world-wide scale. Currently, they are integrating a method to automatically access the latest measurements from the web.
Another field of activity is the development of real-time volume rendering algorithms for virtual environments. The algorithm has recently been integrated with UIC/EVL's SAGE library to drive high-resolution tiled displays.
See a more detailed list of projects here

The picture shows the visualization in COVISE of an engine simulation (intake stroke at partload) with STAR-CD.

The picture shows the visualization of a climate simulation in a truck cabin. It's a coupled simulation consisting of three parts: Flow simulation with heat transfer and radiation. The flow simulation was performed with STAR-CD on a NEC SX-4 by Daimler-Benz (SFB 374, Rapid Prototyping).

Daimler-Benz Aerospace has been partner on the projects PAGEIN and ADONNIS and is now involved into the projects EFENDA and SPOCK. In Efenda the steps "grid generation", "simulation", "postprocessing and visualization" are integrated into COVISE for efficient access of remote supercomputers and for collaborative working. In SPOCK COVISE is the integration platform for the aerodynamic disciplines "simulation", "wind tunnel test" and "free flight test".

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule , Zürich, Switzerland

Mr. Peikert is using COVISE in their cylindrical projection system VisDome .

Fachhochschule Konstanz - Digitale Medien und Architekturdarstellung , Konstanz, Germany

FH Konstanz installed the "Immersive_Room", a “cave”-like immersive virtual reality installation where they are using COVISE for projects in teaching and research in architecture, urban planning simulation, virtual words for humans, learning environments and communication design.

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HS Mannheim - VRC (Virtual Reality Center) , Fakultät Maschinenbau Hochschule, Mannheim, Germany

CAD, FEM, CFD, simulation and animated visualization of

• machines,
• mechanical devices,
• systems,
• methods, and
• structures.

FH Wiesbaden - Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen , Wiesbaden, Germany

Advanced visualization methods in architecture, simulation coupling, tangible interfaces, application example Stuttgart 21, project together with Virgin Galactic.

Hewlett Packard

With HP, we are working on getting COVISE running on the SVA platform. On a tiled display visualization array we showed a COVISE application example at SC05 in Seattle.
At TechEd 2004 in Amsterdam, we showed a 3D online simulation demo using HP Hardware for the keynote speech of Microsoft's vice president and CTO of EMEA, Jonathan Murray.

IAG (Institut für Aerodynamik und Gasdynamik), Universität Stuttgart, Germany

The department Transition and Turbulence investigates the laminar-turbulent breakdown of a flat plate boundary layer by Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) solving the complete incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The evolving (Lambda)-Vortices - 3D vortical structures within the boundary layer - are identified by a vortex criterion, traced in time and visualized in a virtual reality environment (CUBE) using COVISE.

The long time collaboration with IHS focuses on the areas of interactive simulation and Virtual Reality based techniques for analyzing large scale CFD data mostly from the field of water turbine design and optimization. The simulation code FENFLOSS developed at IHS can be coupled to COVISE to perform online simulations. It is possible to attach and deattach to and from running simulations. IHS has been equipped with a large stereo projection wall complementing the CUBE environment at HLRS. The picture shows automatically generated meshes of wicked gate and runner in a radial turbine.

IMK (Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung), Universität Karlsruhe, Germany

The image shows a simulation of wind.

Intel Corporation

Demo using Intel Hardware showing an online Simulation at 2004 WinHEC conference in Seattle for the keynote speech of Microsofts Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates' keynote speech.

The laser institute of the University of Stuttgart is cooperating with us in the project SFB374 (Rapid Prototyping) in the field of interactive analysis of laser hardening simulations (DIABLO) and VR based analysis of laser welding processes (HEAT3D, picture).

Institute for Metal Forming Technology
- deep drawing simulation
- VR system "Cycloop"
- SFB 374

Subject of our collaboration with the Institute of Space systems is the visualization of ...

The ISW (Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units) was a partner in the ProSi project. COVISE is used to visualize digital programs and their different parameters as well as the movement of digitally programmed machine tools.
The image shows the path of the tool on the surface of a workpiece augmented with the tool's angle.

The Institute of Technical Biochemistry has an ongoing project regarding the application of virtual reality technology in the area of molecular modeling. The Highly Immersive Molecular Modeling (HIMM) project is aimed on the integration of computer aided molecular modeling tools and virtual reality systems like COVISE.

The Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics uses COVISE to visualize Flexible Multibody Systems. The simulation and animated visualization enable an evaluation of the system behavior for complex systems.

The Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics uses COVISE to visualize Flexible Multibody Systems. The simulation and animated visualization enable an evaluation of the system behavior for complex systems.

In our cooperation with the Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering COVISE is used for the Visualization of molecular dynamic simulations.

heat transfer ...
evaporation ...

In our partnership with the Institute of Process Engineering and Power Plant Technology we are working together in the mathematical modelling of industrial combustion equipment in coal-, oil-, and gas-fired power stations. The visualization of the computational results in the Virtual Reality allows a comprehensive understanding of the complex combustion processes occuring in the combustion chamber of power stations.

IWR , (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen), Universität Heidelberg, Germany

In our cooperation with the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing we visualize branches of neurons and examine neurotransmissions at synapses ...

KiSTi (Korean Institute of Science and Technology), Korea

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PDC (Center for Parallel Computers), KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

world's first 6-wall Cave is running with COVISE and COVER amongst others

Microsoft , Redmond, WA, USA

HLRS and Microsoft are working together in the Microsoft HPC Innovation Center programme. Windows Server 2003, Compute Cluster Edition, is used as a platform for high performance computing clusters. The goal of this cooperation is to evaluate this platform as an alternative for HPC clusters. To show its potential and possibilities, we implemented interactive simulations running under Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition. The image shows Safeco Field Stadium in Seattle where we showed a demo during the 2005 company meeting.

The picture shows a surface grid node enhancement done by a COVISE module

NCHC (National Center for High-Performance Computing), Hsinchu, Taiwan

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NEC HPCE (NEC High Performance Computing Europe GmbH), Düsseldorf, Germany

HLRS and NEC have a very close cooperation in the Teraflop Workbench project which is enabling sustained Teraflop performance for a wide range of scientific and industrial applications. The particular projects are diverse and range from bioinformatics, atomistic simulation, combustion over fluid-structure interaction, medicine and nanotechnology to structural mechanics and turbomachinery.
The movie shows a cross-flow breakdown.
In the past, we presented applications - distributed between NEC SX-4 supercomputer and an SGI ONYX workstation - from varios projects with industrial partners in an virtual reality environment on several exhibitions (HPCN97 in Vienna, Autofact97 in Detroit and SC97 in San Jose).

Porsche AG , Department Simulation, Stuttgart, Germany
Porsche Engineering Group GmbH , Weissach, Germany

Together with Porsche, we are developing a stick shift ergonomics testbed which uses COVER renderer.
COVISE and COVER are used to visualize the results of crash computations for the Boxster and for analysis of CFD simulations. That can be done in a one-wall VR environment. Porsche uses commercial COVISE for visualization and a research version of COVISE for ongoing projects like the stick shift ergonomics testbed. In the past, Porsche and HLRS worked together in several european funded projects like ESPRIT / COVAS. Porsche tested the applicability of COVISE's collaborative working functionality.

RECOM Services GmbH , Stuttgart, Germany

HLRS and RECOM Services are working together in the mathematical modelling of industrial combustion equipment in coal-, oil-, and gas-fired power stations. The visualization of the computational results in the Virtual Reality allows a comprehensive understanding of the complex combustion processes occuring in the combustion chamber of power stations.

Sandia National Laboratories , Alberquerque, NM, USA

In the G7 project Sandia National Labs and RUS/HLRS are working together in the area of collaborative virtual environments and metacomputing.
The picture shows the visualization of an comet impacting the earth (near Long Island, USA).

TAT (Institute for Theoretical Astrophysik), Universität Tübingen, Germany

In the field of astrophysics simulations of accretion disks TAT produces large numbers of 3D particle data, which have to be visualized for proper analysis and interpretation. These simulations might take several days of cpu time for calculation even on a high performance supercomputer. So far, the inspection of the simulation data was only possible after the simulation has finished. For this reason a new data exchange mechanismn was implemented that supports the visualization of data from a running simulation. The advantage of this online visualization is that a better control of the running simulation is possible. A scientist can now detect a failing simulation run earlier and stop it if necessary.
The figure shows the online visualization of the particle data from an accretion disk simulation. With using the collaborative volume renderer spatial distributed scientists can now discuss the visualization results of different simulation steps.

VATech Escher Wyss , Ravensburg, Germany

Simulation of tip vortex using Navier-Stokes-Solver FENFLOSS with Very Large Eddy Simulation (VLES)

ZAIK/RRZK , Universität zu Köln, Germany

In 2004, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lang, the "father of COVISE", accepted a professorship at the University of Cologne, where he also heads the Computing Center. COVISE is developed at two research sites now, Cologne and Stuttgart.
ZAIK/RRZK installed an immersive back-projection display wall in November 2004. A cave will be installed in the near future.
To the left, you see a volume rendered image of a computer simulation conducted by the 1. Physical Institute of two colliding galaxies.