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2011 Crustal Deformation Modeling Tutorial Agenda

June 20-24, 2011

Sessions will be held Monday June 20, Wednesday June 22, and Friday June 24.

Session Schedule

Q&A Log from online sessions

Q&A Log from online sessions

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Times listed for each session below are for Schedule A and PDT (San Francisco) for convenience.

Monday - Beginner Tutorials

These tutorials are designed for users that have little or no experience with finite-element modeling tools, but have been introduced to the techniques of finite-element analysis. These tutorials will introduce users to state-of-the-art tools for finite-element modeling of crustal deformation.

Session I: Introduction to PyLith, CUBIT, and Paraview

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9:00am - 9:15am Introduction and overview of tutorials (slides) Schedule A (79 MB) Schedule B (64 MB)
9:15am - 10:00am Introduction to Pylith (slides) Schedule A (268 MB) Schedule B (218 MB)
10:00am - 10:30am Introduction to CUBIT (slides) Schedule A (108 MB) Schedule B (128 MB)
10:30am - 11:00am Q&A Schedule B (48 MB)

Session II: Getting Started with PyLith, CUBIT, and ParaView - Fault in a Box Step-by-Step Example

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1:00pm - 1:15pm Overview (slides) Schedule A (48 MB) Schedule B (42 MB)
1:15pm - 1:45pm Meshing Schedule A (105 MB) Schedule B (62 MB)
1:45pm - 2:30pm Step 1 Schedule A (152 MB) Schedule B (132 MB)
2:30pm - 2:40pm Step 3 Schedule A (41 MB) Schedule B (49 MB)
2:40pm - 2:55pm Step 6 Schedule A (32 MB) Schedule B (114 MB)
2:55pm - 3:10pm Q & A Schedule A (38 MB)

Wednesday - Intermediate Tutorials

These tutorials build upon the tutorials on Mon are designed for users that have some experience with PyLith, CUBIT, and Paraview and want to brush up on their use or learn about new features.

Session III: Moving from Toy Examples to Research Problems - Subduction Zone Step-by-Step Example

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9:00am - 9:20am Overview (slides) Schedule A (66 MB) Schedule B (56 MB)
9:20am - 10:10am Meshing Schedule A (176 MB) Schedule B (152 MB)
10:10am - 10:45am Step 1 Schedule A (114 MB) Schedule B (70 MB)
10:45am - 10:55am Step 2 Schedule A (32 MB) Schedule B (33 MB)
10:55am - 11:10am Step 3 Schedule A (34 MB) Schedule B (64 MB)

Session IV: Mesh Generation Techniques - Nonplanar Geometry and CUBIT

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1:00pm - 1:15pm Overview (slides) Schedule A (65 MB) Schedule B (75 MB)
1:15pm - 1:30pm Creating a surface from contours Schedule A (40 MB) Schedule B (43 MB)
1:30pm - 1:45pm Convert gridded surface (DEM) to NURBS surface Schedule A (48 MB) Schedule B (54 MB)
1:45pm - 2:00pm Convert faceted surface to NURBS surface Schedule A (62 MB) Schedule B (43 MB)
2:00pm - 3:00pm Q & A Schedule A (261 MB) Schedule B (235 MB)

Additional workshop material (Simple shell script plus Python code to convert GMT coastlines to VTK format.)


Friday - Intermediate Tutorials (cont.)

This session will focus on troubleshooting problems encountered when running simulations and helping participants get started running simple simulations similar to their research problems.

Session V: Solvers, Troubleshooting, and Q&A

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9:00am - 10:00am Overview (slides) Schedule A (248 MB) Schedule B (163 MB)
10:00am - 11:00am Discussion and Q & A Schedule A (171 MB) Schedule B (254 MB)

Session VI: Help session

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1:00pm - 3:00pm Q & A Schedule A (284 MB) not recorded