Pogo is an elastodynamic finite element solver developed by members of the NDE lab. Pogo is high speed, using Nvidia graphics cards to produce results up to 100 times faster than CPU-based alternatives. The software can be used for a variety of problems in elastodynamics, including ultrasonic and geophysical modelling.

More information on Pogo can be found on our website https://www.pogo.software/

Benefits

railmeshThe finite element method is a very powerful, general approach. The ability of FE to mesh arbitrary geometries makes it well suited to NDE applications, where the complexity of both the components and defects must be considered for accurate results.

  • Large models (in the group we have now run models exceeding 3 billion degrees of freedom in 3D)
  • Parametric studies – run many models quickly and see how the results vary
  • Monte Carlo evaluations – build up statistical models of behaviour by running many cases from a distribution

 

System requirements

pcbanglePogo can run on all sorts of hardware, provided it contains Nvidia GPUs - from laptops to multi-GPU workstations - and will run on both Linux and Windows operating systems.

More information about hardware can be found at https://www.pogo.software/hardware.html

  

Further Information

All questions and comments should be addressed to the author:

Dr Peter Huthwaite
p.huthwaite@imperial.ac.uk
Non-destructive testing
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2AZ