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      Virtual Lab FHNW

      Studies in the virtual laboratory enable you to predict and optimise planned experiments in a targeted manner - and thus save time and money. Validated experimental models in the virtual laboratory provide temporally and spatially detailed data and help with the further development of measurement technology and components.

      Our Offer

      Our virtual laboratory and the corresponding experience and expertise are at your disposal for flow modelling, heat transfer, structural mechanics, acoustics, particle modelling as well as electrical and chemical investigations. Individual or coupled models (multiphysics) are used. Examples of previous virtual analyses include wind loads in photovoltaic modules or temperature and voltage distributions in power semiconductors.

      Incidentally, the simulations take place on virtual machines with several hundred computer cores.

      The virtual laboratory supports our physical laboratories in thermal and fluid engineering (water laboratory, wind tunnel, combustion, etc.) with preliminary analyses, e.g. for the design of test series in the virtual laboratory with corresponding simulations. In this way, planned experiments can be optimised and the virtual laboratory saves time and costs for experimental prototype development.

      • Evaluation of measurement results from test benches through detailed analyses based on validated post-simulations and specific result analyses.
      • Simulation and optimisation of thermo-mechanical manufacturing and operating processes, flow modelling, atomisation technology, evaporation, etc.
      • Independent investigations with simulations if no test benches are possible or practical, e.g. due to small or large dimensions

      Get in touch with us

      For more information or to discuss a collaboration, please contact Nobert Hofmann.

      Infrastructure
      • Various specific simulation software ANSYS CFX, Fluent, Flow3D, Comsol, ABAQUS, ANSYS, NX.  
      • Software development for automation and optimisation in MATLAB, Python and C. 
      • 2 computer clusters with >400 CPU's, 4TB Ram and virtual environment. 

      Overview of simulation options in the Virtual lab

      The Virtual Lab is part of the FHNW Institute of Thermal and Fluid Engineering

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      Institute of Thermal and Fluid EngineeringLaboratories of the FHNW School of Engineering and Environment
      Norbert Hofmann

      Prof. Dr. Norbert Hofmann

      Lecturer in thermo-mechanical and casting simulation

      Telephone

      +41 56 202 73 98 (undefined)

      E-mail

      norbert.hofmann@fhnw.ch

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      Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW Hochschule für Technik und Umwelt Klosterzelgstrasse 2 CH-5210 Windisch

      Daniel Weiss

      Prof. Dr. Daniel Weiss

      Lecturer

      Telephone

      +41 56 202 74 01 (undefined)

      E-mail

      daniel.weiss@fhnw.ch

      Address

      Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW Hochschule für Technik und Umwelt Klosterzelgstrasse 2 5210 Windisch

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      2.102

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