Project: Reality Grid
The main RealityGrid site is http://www.realitygrid.org/
The RealityGrid project is concerned with the development of
state-of-the-art computational methods to study condensed matter
systems. In particular, the project is focused on the use of, and
connections between, high performance computing, grid computing, and
visualisation. Ultimately, it is of great importance that these
resources and methods can be used efficiently to enhance scientific
productivity.
The original RealityGrid programme was funded for 36 months by the UK EPSRC as one of six e-Science pilot projects and began in 2002. It continues under an EPSRC platform grant (EP/C536452/1). Full details, publications, and products are available at the RealityGrid web site http://www.realitygrid.org/.
At Edinburgh, EPCC has concentrated on simulation of complex fluid
systems in collaboration with the School of Physics Soft Matter and
Statistical Physics group. Using high performance computing, we have
studied a number of different problems. The separation of binary fluid
mixtures [1] driven by surface tension, and shear [2], is of importance
is many industrial processes. We have also investigated suspensions,
and the generation of new materials via colloidal `jamming’ [3]. More
recently, similar methods have been used to study liquid crystals.
Local contact: Kevin Stratford (kevin@epcc.ed.ac.uk)
[1] See, for example, I. Pagonabarraga, J.-C. Desplat, A.J. Wagner, and M.E. Cates,
New Journal of Physics 3 (9) (2001).
[2] P. Stansell, K. Stratford, J.-C. Desplat, R. Adhikari, and M. E. Cates
Nonequilibrium steady states in sheared binary liquids,
Physical Review Letters 96 085701 (2006).
[3] K. Stratford, R. Adhikari, I. Pagonabarraga, J.-C. Desplat, and M. Cates
Colloidal Jamming at Interfaces: A Route to Bicontinuous Gels
Science 309 2198 (2005).