Client-server architecture for pre and post-processing of real problems involving two-dimensional generalized coordinates
International Journal of Web Information Systems
ISSN: 1744-0084
Article publication date: 15 June 2015
Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this paper is to propose a Web environment for pre-processing and post-processing for 2D problems in generalized coordinate systems.
Design/methodology/approach
The system consists of a Web service for client-server communication, a database for user information, simulation requests and results storage, a module of (for) calculation processing (front-end) and a graphical interface for visualization of discretized mesh (back-end).
Findings
The Web system was able to model real problems and situations, where the user can describe the problem or upload a geometry file descriptor, generated from computer graphics software. The Web system, programmed for finite difference solutions, was able to generate a mesh from other complex methods, such as finite elements method, adapting it to the proposed Web system, respecting the finite difference mesh structure.
Research limitations/implications
The proposed Web system is limited to solve partial differential equations by finite difference discretization. We need to study about refinement and parameters adaptations to solve partial differential equations simulated with other methods.
Practical implications
The Web system includes implications for the development of a powerful real problems simulator, which is useful for computational physics researchers and engineers. The Web system uses several technologies, such as Primefaces, JavaScript, JQuery and HTML, to provide an interactive user interface.
Originality/value
The main contribution of this work is the availability of a generic Web architecture for including other types of coordinate systems and to solve others partial differential equations. Moreover, this paper presents an extended version of the work presented in ICCSA 2014.
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to CAPES for the Master’s scholarship to the researches Fabio Takeshi Matsunaga. This current paper is an extended version of the ICCSA 2014 (International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications) conference paper.
Citation
Vilas Boas, J.L., Matsunaga, F.T., Romeiro, N.M.L. and Brancher, J.D. (2015), "Client-server architecture for pre and post-processing of real problems involving two-dimensional generalized coordinates", International Journal of Web Information Systems, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 226-245. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWIS-12-2014-0044
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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