SIO the other newsletter – No.103: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
A philosophical question at the end of the year:
What does it take to make the statement:
“I am!”?
Some people try to answer this question by searching for the spiritual self in isolation and deep reflection, detached from everything “worldly”.
But would a mind, which exists as the only entity in a universe that consists but of itself, even be able to identify itself as anything, which is to say, would it be able to state “I am!”?
Doesn’t it require intensive entanglement with an environment in order to exist at all?
Are we not only because there is something else, and we are connected to it in many ways, and that alone gives us manifestation?
If this is so, then it should also be clear that reaching out to one another does not make the single individuum smaller, but actually gives him more existence and meaning.
In this sense:
Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year to all of you
The SIO team
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No.102: SIO Contribution to new book “Nanomechanics for Coatings”
Based on the work of our intern Julius [1 – 8], T. vom Braucke, N. Schwarzer, F. Papa and J. Schwarzer wrote a nice little chapter for the new “Nanomechanics for Coatings…” book by Ben Beak and Tomasz Liskiewicz [9].
[1] Implants of a lifetime – intern improves medical devices
[2] Working with OPfC in FilmDoctor Studio
[3] Working with OPfC in Filmdoctor Studio – part II
[4] Calotte – How to get the depth profile of a complex coating system – an interview
[5] Calotte part 2: calotte scratch – an interview
[6] Working with SSA in FilmDoctor Studio – part I
[7] Working with SSA in FilmDoctor Studio – part II
[8] RASA Energy – Rejuvenating The World: A Discussion with Dr David Martin & Julius Schwarzer
[9] T. vom Braucke, N. Schwarzer, F. Papa, J. Schwarzer, “Analytical Methods”, Chapter 13 in “Nanomechanics for Coatings and Engineering Surfaces: Test Methods, Development Strategies, Modeling Approaches, and Applications”. Ben Beake (editor), Tomasz Liskiewicz (co-editor) 1st Edition – November 15, 2024. ISBN: 9780443133343
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No.101: Time Before Time – an illustrative animation
Going back to the big topic of last week’s newsletter about the early inflationary universe, the cosmic microwave background radiation, and our quantum-gravity-based socio-economics models, we here would like to show you a short video animation.
This video has been calculated with FilmDoctor Studio and shows the animation of an old space-time encountering something new:
To watch the animation in higher resolution open it on YouTube:
Some literature recommendation for background reading:
[1] N. Schwarzer, “What Was Before Time? – How Quantum Gravity Might Give an Answer”, Amazon Digital Services, 2023, Kindle, ASIN: B0CB3ZKKNL
[2] N. Schwarzer, “Mathematical Psychology – The World of Thoughts as a Quantum Space-Time with a Gravitational Core”, 2024, Jenny Stanford Publishing, ISBN: 9789815129274
[3] N. Schwarzer, “What is Time? – The Statistics of the Positioning of “Anything” Gives Time – Really?”, self-published, Amazon Digital Services, 2023, Kindle, ASIN: B0CNY7KMWM
[4] W. Wismann, D. Martin, N. Schwarzer, “Creation, Separation and the Mind, the Three Towers of Singularity – The Application of Universal Code in Reality”, 2024, RASA strategy book, ISBN 979-8-218-44483-9
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No.100: Black November & Cyber Week Sale – last chance
In this newsletter we want to remind you of our Black November & Cyber Week Sale which is now in its last week and only valid until December 8, 2024.
As mentioned in our last newsletter one of the core strengths of FilmDoctor is the material optimization.
In a first example we used the FilmDoctor software to simulate a multiple impact scenario in which some particles hit the wall of the nuclear fusion device.
We calculated the stress fields and simulated the intrinsic stresses. With the 3D presentation capabilities of the FilmDoctor software we created animations to visualize to stress fields.
You can watch these animations and more details in this presentation on
In another example our intern Julius used the FilmDoctor software for a project in which he could show ways to improve the application performance of hip and knee implants.
You can find more details here:
So, this is your last chance to get 30% off the FilmDoctor Studio software package NOW! There are only three days more to go…
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 99: The Time Before Time Question
I spoke with a friend from the banking sector who had the following question:
There is still discussion and even argument about the early inflationary universe and the cosmic microwave background radiation as evidence, but none of which really answers what came before the Big Bang as I read in your ‘time before time’ book [1] (see also [2, 3, 4]).
However, considering there are business cycles, socioeconomic ones with the rise and fall of civilizations, is there any way to detect an early big bang / early inflation in the socioeconomic universe?
Could it even be that different socioeconomic systems collided in the past and created some completely new socioeconomic universe or rather sucked smaller systems into the black hole of our current system over thousands of years?
Answer from Norbert:
Seeing “big bang” or even “inflation” scenarios as phase transitions, we would detect an absence of dominating scales in the vicinity of such events.
Now, the next reasonable question would of course have to be:
“Which scales have to be watched and what is been meant by ‘vicinity’?”
Well, we’d like to answer this question, too, but unfortunately it concerns some of our trade secrets for the quantum-gravity-based socio-economics model we are currently building.
[1] N. Schwarzer, “What Was Before Time? – How Quantum Gravity Might Give an Answer”, Amazon Digital Services, 2023, Kindle, ASIN: B0CB3ZKKNL
[2] N. Schwarzer, “Mathematical Psychology – The World of Thoughts as a Quantum Space-Time with a Gravitational Core”, 2024, Jenny Stanford Publishing, ISBN: 9789815129274
[3] N. Schwarzer, “What is Time? – The Statistics of the Positioning of “Anything” Gives Time – Really?”, self-published, Amazon Digital Services, 2023, Kindle, ASIN: B0CNY7KMWM
[4] W. Wismann, D. Martin, N. Schwarzer, “Creation, Separation and the Mind, the Three Towers of Singularity – The Application of Universal Code in Reality”, 2024, RASA strategy book, ISBN 979-8-218-44483-9
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 98: Black November & Cyber Week Sale – another reminder
In this newsletter we want you to remind of our Black November & Cyber Week Sale which has started and still runs until December 8, 2024.
FilmDoctor® Studio is a very helpful tool when it comes to the topic of material optimization. Here we show you a demonstrator for a new application we just started working on: these examples show a golf ball being hit by club.
Example one shows an unprotected, homogeneously structured golf club,
whereas here the substrate of the club is protected by a layer:
The maximum stresses are now concentrated in the added layer which can easily handle such stresses and the stresses in the substrate are reduced.
This is only a first rough calculation, but it shows how far the software created by SIOmec can go…
So: get your 30% off the FilmDoctor Studio software package NOW!
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 97: Black November & Cyber Week Sale – a reminder
In this newsletter we want you to remind of our Black November & Cyber Week Sale which has started and still runs until December 8, 2024.
FilmDoctor® Studio works perfectly with all indentation and scratch measurement devices on the market, because of the data import flexibility. In addition, some manufacturers support our special data formats, which ease up the data import and prevent errors by mistyping needed information.
The modules OPfC® (indentation) and SSA® (scratch) were created to simplify the measurement analysis by creating an automated workflow. Watch the videos to see how it works.
Youtube OPfC playlist: http://www.siomec.de/opfc/playlist
Youtube SSA playlist: http://www.siomec.de/ssa/playlist
So: get your 30% off the FilmDoctor Studio software package NOW!
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 96: side notes from a SIPS conference 2024
a) SIO joins forces with RASA energy, attends a conference on Crete and wins a prize for a contribution about “Mathematical Psychology“
b) The team consists of Dr. Norbert Schwarzer and his 18year-old son Julius Schwarzer, who years ago had originally motivated to start on the research project of the “Mathematical Psychology”, meanwhile resulting in a book [1] (see also [2]), and had already published a variety of videos about the matter on his YouTube channel (e.g. [3 – 9])
c) The two gave their talk in the turnout gear of the German DLRG lifeguards, because – after all – “Mathematical Psychology…” is about helping people and the PTSS is a typical problem for all those emergency workers (and both, Julius and Norbert, are also firefighters and SAN A paramedics)
d) Julius wonderfully explained this to the audience when starting the presentation and hinted that the dress-code also has the advantage that, in case something would happen during or around the talk, at least we would be prepared
e) While waiting for the talk before theirs to finish, however, Julius was asked to help with some plumping issue in the hotel as he was obviously mistaken for a “very important” staff member. The timing was perfect, because Julius and Norbert were just called to start their presentation. So, Julius – quite cooly – responded that he will attend to the plumbing problem in a moment, but that he would like to give his talk first. Then he stood up, went to the podium and left a rather stunned looking conference participant in the back of the room.
Of course, he looked at the plumbing problem after the talk and informed the hotel management accordingly.
f) Norbert Schwarzer was signed up as chairman, but never informed about this – still did a reasonably good job, which was no big surprise as the life guard uniform helped with the “respect” thing
g) After the talk, Julius was invited to next year’s SIPS conference in Singapore by the organizers
h) Both, Norbert and Julius were asked by the conference organizes to give an interview
i) They were also asked by the hotel management and some guests whether they could take photos from them in the hotel lobby. When going down there the clerk (obviously not being informed by the management but looking alarmed by the uniforms) asked the two whether she should be worried
j) Lots of interest about RASA and SIO
k) They won a prize, namely:
The „Frank International Biophysics Award“
Given to Norbert Schwarzer, Crete, Greece, October 22, 2024
„For Leadership in applying physical principles in biological phenomena as per FLOGEN Sustainability Framework in the environmental, economic, and social point of view.”
https://www.flogen.org/?p=187&bio=2024_Norbert_Schwarzer
(scroll down the page a little…)
References:
[1] N. Schwarzer, “Mathematical Psychology – The World of Thoughts as a Quantum Space-Time with a Gravitational Core”, 2024, Jenny Stanford Publishing, ISBN: 9789815129274
[2] W. Wismann, D. Martin, N. Schwarzer, “Creation, Separation and the Mind, the Three Towers of Singularity – The Application of Universal Code in Reality”, 2024, RASA strategy book, ISBN 979-8-218-44483-9
[3] Wie viele Eigenschaften hat Bewusstsein? (https://youtu.be/eWiiyZHZ52s)
[4] Decision Optimization – is there a tool to check on the reasoning of decisions? (https://youtu.be/Ke22oWdt7aQ)
[5] 3 Generations of Consciousness (https://youtu.be/0AlFzIqwxN8)
[6] How many attributes does consciousness need? (https://youtu.be/gesukVxu31o)
[7] Consciousness & Spirituality (https://youtu.be/n5Lgy3df-Ts)
[8] Love Fields – towards a mathematical psychology (https://youtu.be/TdJuOsfXR2s)
[9] RASA Energy – Rejuvenating The World: A Discussion with Dr David Martin & Julius Schwarzer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEh3_HTCzqA)
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 95: Black November & Cyber Week Sale – an offer
In this newsletter we want to announce our Black November & Cyber Week Sale which offers a 30% discount on all FilmDoctor® Studio packages from now on until December 8, 2024.
FilmDoctor® Studio is the ultimate software for physical characterization, engineering, and optimization of arbitrary structured surfaces. It can be used in a great variety of application fields with automated modules making designing great coatings as easy as selecting red eye reduction in your photo app. We will highlight some of the features in the following newsletters.
The software allows you both to analyze mechanical contact measurements and simulate a great variety of contact conditions. It uses world-first analytical solutions, stand-alone trade secret numerical models, and the newest 64-bit computing technology to perform these operations blazingly fast.
It’s also easy to use and solving your problems can become “child’s play”. Just have a look how our teenage interns managed:
So: get your 30% off the FilmDoctor Studio software package TODAY:
You can find more details about the features, available modules, and the measurement equipment connection on the product website.
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 94: Lottery
With respect to our more recent Newsletter No. 88 we received quite some feedback and a variety of questions.
Some of which are definitively worth discussing and so we have decided to address them in a little serious of posts.
Here is one of these questions:
Can I interpret from your work that it is possible to go beyond statistical probability methods to better predict lottery results when using the world formula approach?
Or are the uncertainties too high requiring more powerful computing to overcome – like for socioeconomic analysis?
Answer:
You Can interpret from my work that it is possible to go beyond statistical probability methods to better predict lottery results when using the world formula approach in systems with sufficiently high entanglement to their environment.
References:
[1] W. Wismann, D. Martin, N. Schwarzer, “Creation, Separation and the Mind, the Three Towers of Singularity – The Application of Universal Code in Reality”, 2024, RASA strategy book, ISBN 979-8-218-44483-9
[2] Julius Schwarzer, The Hydrogen Atom Metrically Illustrated
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 93: Bose-Einstein Condensate
With respect to our more recent Newsletter No. 88 we received quite some feedback and a variety of questions.
Some of which are definitively worth discussing and so we have decided to address them in a little serious of posts.
Here is one of these questions:
“Can Bose-Einstein Condensate be simulated?”
Answer:
The answer to this question would require a somewhat deeper penetration into the statistics of Bose-Einstein and Fermi and their connection with the so-called “coherent domains”… something we cannot do here, because it would lead too far and therefore, we refer to the literature.
However, Bose-Einstein condensates can be mathematically described cleanly as such “coherent domains” and would then be considered as phases in a fluid or fluid-equivalent environment.
Fundamental and holistic derivations show that such domains can and will produce quantum fields of certain character [1, 2] and, similar to the Hawking-fields around black holes, these fields lead sooner or later to the destabilization, dissolution and destruction of the Bose-Einstein Condensates. On the other hand, such fields can provide the means for a path of communication with the “coherent domains” and open up very interesting approaches for quantum computer technologies.
Hence, yes, the answer to the question of the reader is yes, but there is more.
References:
[1] W. Wismann, D. Martin, N. Schwarzer, “Creation, Separation and the Mind, the Three Towers of Singularity – The Application of Universal Code in Reality”, 2024, RASA strategy book, ISBN 979-8-218-44483-9
[2] N. Schwarzer, “Mathematical Psychology – The World of Thoughts as a Quantum Space-Time with a Gravitational Core”, Jenny Stanford Publishing, ISBN: 9789815129274
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software, picture and animations, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: t.v.braucke@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 92: FilmDoctor and the Optimum Lubrication Problem
With respect to our more recent Newsletter No. 88 we received quite some feedback and a variety of questions.
Some of which are definitively worth discussing and so we have decided to address them in a little serious of posts.
Here is one of these questions:
“Can this be used for solid-fluid interface design for lubrication, bearings, gears, and also for corrosion purposes?”
The answer:
Yes!
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: troy@gpplasma.com
SIO the other newsletter – No. 91: FilmDoctor and the Structured Water War
With respect to our more recent Newsletter No. 88 we received quite some feedback and a variety of questions.
Some of which are definitively worth discussing and so we have decided to address them in a little serious of posts.
Here is one of these questions:
“What a wonderful newsletter, it was suggested it may explain structured water.
Might the results shown in the newsletter and the physics of Schwarzer be applicable as the theoretical foundation to the (somewhat controversial) work of the late Nobel Laureate, Luc Montagnier that was discussed in this documentary? In the linked video it seems experiments could not yet be explained by theory. ”
Well, we have our reasons for approaching the topic of “structured water” or “water memory” with the utmost caution and stubborn mathematical rigor, but if asked, we are bound to admit that our calculations so far do not contradict Prof. Luc Montagnier. De facto, one might – at the moment – even say that they confirm him and rehabilitate Prof. Jacques Benveniste… but there is still some work to be done. So, let us see.
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
or the author of this article, Troy vom Braucke: troy@gpplasma.com
SIO the other newsletter – No. 90: Edward Witten and Hugh Everett’s Multiverse Theory
In the interview transcript with Ed Witten [1], he says his interest now lies in collaborating on Multiverse work [2], perhaps Edward may find inspiration and collaborative work where the results are applied to socio–economy [3, 4]?
Well, we didn’t wait for Academia to catch on to math that has been sitting there like a white elephant on theorists’ desks for over 109 years, and already apply the knowhow to materials science and other interesting industrial topics [5,6].
References:
[1] Interview of Edward Witten by David Zierler on May 15, 2021, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA, https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/46968
[2] N. Schwarzer (July 2023). Hugh Everett’s Multiverse: How Quantum Gravity Revives an old Idea and – Perhaps – Gives it a Second Life, Amazon, ASIN: B0CCQWC6YX
[3] N. Schwarzer (2023). The Math of Body, Soul, and the Universe (1st ed.). Jenny Stanford Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003334545
[4] N. Schwarzer (November 18th 2024). Mathematical Psychology: The World of Thoughts as a Quantum Space-Time with a Gravitational Core (1st ed.). Jenny Stanford Publishing. ISBN: 9789815129274
[5] W. Wismann, D. Martin, N. Schwarzer (August 31st 2024). “Creation, Separation and the Mind, the Three Towers of Singularity – The Application of God’s Code in Reality”, RASA Energy, ISBN: 979-8218444839
[6] FilmDoctor, Saxonian Institute of Surface Mechanics, Ummanz, Germany.
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
or the author of this article, Troy vom Braucke: troy@gpplasma.com
SIO the other newsletter – No. 89: FilmDoctor and a bit of FunSport
With respect to our last Newsletter No. 88 we received quite some feedback and a variety of questions.
Some of which are definitively worth discussing and so we have decided to address them in a little serious of posts.
Here is the first question:
“Feels a little indulgent but could this tech be used in developing hydrofoil profiles to pass through fluids that may perhaps reduce/prevent ventilation ?”
Interestingly, when doing some very interesting project work for Naishsails Inc. on Maui in 2015, hydrofoils were a significant part of our task list.
We even used FilmDoctor to simulate the so-called shark-skin effect and the subsequent system immanent reduction in Newton-like friction.
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For questions about SIOmec software Filmdoctor, graphics and animation, please ask Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 88: FilmDoctor as a Tool for the Evaluation of Internally Structured Fluids
Already some years ago, we used our tool box FilmDoctor for the simulation of elasto-hydrodynamic problems.
Thereby we did not only realize the importance of the layered structure of the solid being subjected to such a lubricated contact problem, but also the internal formation of films and other intrinsic structures within the lubricating fluid. This series of pictures shows some dynamics coming with these interfaces inside the liquid:
To start the animation, click onto the .gif
It is well known that in some liquids, especially those with polar characteristics, these structures and the dynamics imprinted on them can be quite stable due to quantum effects. Even information and energy storage are possible there and can lead to amazing property changes in comparison to the unstructured and internally-non-dynamic fluid.
Example 1 video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OYmRDf7ZN5Mq1mmDI-6hgpFM5TwnojiY/view?usp=sharing
It shows the dynamic created from contacts outside the evaluated region. Waves overlapped within the shown region and create the shown movements.
Example 2 video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m30p8E67RdFcGannpUVBd0IgMjRdkLYX/view?usp=sharing
Example 2 shows the dynamic coming from a contact in the center. This is comparable to throwing a stone into a lake creating ring shaped waves moving away from the entry point.
In this sense, one might see our FilmDoctor even a possible tool for a better understanding of all the interesting effects coming with the so-called “structured water”, whereby we do not really mean water, but simply non-solid phases in just everything, which is to say not even restricted to materials…
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For questions about SIOmec software Filmdoctor, graphics and animation, please ask Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 87: SIO and partners at PSE 2024
Next week, from September 2nd to 5th, the 19th Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (PSE) takes place in Erfurt, Germany. SIO will not take part directly, but Henry Dempwolf from DOT medical implant solutions will present a joint work with us and Jiri Nohava and Issa Thevenaz from Anton Paar .
He will give a talk titled “The impact of the indenter radius on the scratch test results of monolithic TiNbN PVD coatings for medical applications” on Wednesday at 12 p.m. in the session “Analytics of film structures and properties”. In this work we want to find how scratch tests can be helpful in the development of coatings for knee and hip implants.
In addition to the power of the FilmDoctor software (here especially the measurement design and stress evaluation), we could bring in our experience gained from Julius’ work on implants. We recently shared the results with our software FilmDoctor viewer in the newsletter No. 81.
For all those who are interested in Julius’ work on medical implant improvement, watch the following video on YouTube:
Jiri will give a talk too on Thursday at 12 p.m. in the session “Protective and tribological surfaces III” named “Influence of Al:Ti ratio and bias on structure and mechanical properties of AlTiN coatings“.
You can also meet him at the Exhibition at booth number 31.
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For questions about SIOmec software Filmdoctor, please ask Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 86: Mathematical Psychology: The World of Thoughts as a Quantum Space-Time with a Gravitational Core
Our publisher has informed us that Norbert’s latest book “Mathematical Psychology: The World of Thoughts as a Quantum Space-Time with a Gravitational Core“ has a release date of November 28th when you can order the book (ISBN 9789815129274).
The really interesting thing about this book is how much of materials science concepts and contact mechanics are replicated in human psychology and socioeconomic systems, providing holistic thinking materials scientists an advantage in understanding systems one might think are completely unrelated [, perhaps even to apply their knowledge to strengthening a team (a layered substrate with a certain depth of expertise) by improving it’s modulus of resilience].
To the reviewers who graciously provided their commentary, thank you.
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 85: OptiCycle in FilmDoctor Viewer
This week we want to share more interesting examples with you. We added a new set of FilmDoctor Viewer examples about the Opticycle workflow.
But first: What is the “OptiCycle“?
Well, simply put, it’s our holistic approach for the design and optimization of arbitrary surface structures:
In our newsletter No 81 about the implants 4 weeks ago we had shown how important such optimizations are in that application field and this holds for every field of application. In order to obtain the best outcome in quality, but also considering economic boundary conditions like material costs and energy necessary for the production (including the transport of parts) one has to aim for a holistic solution as possible knowledge about the stability and reliability parameters (critical values) of the materials being applied. Thereby it is very important to stay physical in order to obtain scale and dimensionally independent information. A “critical load” (in a standard scratch test, for instance) becomes useless the moment the experimental or application parameters only change a tiny bit. That’s why the optimization procedure usually starts with the determination of generic material parameters. These can be used to dimension and perform the experiments very close to the later application to learn more about the real-life performance of your systems. Entangled with computer simulations to gain even more knowledge or narrow down the search field, one finally results in an optimum material selection. All these steps we call an OptiCycle iteration, because after going through the first round you can start a new iteration:
– getting the material parameters of the improved component (improved during the round before)
– design and perform more complex tests (even closer to the application)
– simulate and optimize the structure
Using this approach, you can improve the material structure of your component and increase the application performance in each iteration.
You can download the examples at https://siomec.com/filmdoctor-viewer . Simply scroll down and unfold the OptiCycle section:
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
Ask our programmer Nick Bierwisch about the software: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 84: Dr and Son at SIPS 2024 Conference in Crete
In October this year, SIOmec CEO Norbert Schwarzer will give a talk together with his son and SIOmec intern Julius at the famous conference SIPS 2024 in Crete, Greece:
https://www.flogen.org/sips2024/
With this, they will join the long list of lecturers alongside numerous Nobel Laureates and present the topic:
“Love, The Black Hole in the Universe of Feelings – Why Psychology Might Need Quantum Gravity Concepts”
Abstract:
List of abstracts – SIPS 2024 by FLOGEN
The talk will be based on Schwarzer’s book about “Mathematical Psychology” [3] and the holistic Strategy Book of RASA energy [4] (s. our newsletter No. 83).
A follow-up newsletter will report about this significant presentation and the conference.
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 83: Creation, Separation, and the Mind – new book available!
The SIOmec family is bigger than it seems: in this newsletter book editor Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer and illustrator Livia Schwarzer proudly present the brand-new RASA Energy Inc. book:.
Creation, Separation, and the Mind
– The Three Towers of Singularity –
… the application of universal code in reality…
written by Dr. William E. Wismann, Dr. David E. Martin, and Dr. Norbert Schwarzer
The three authors have written a 512-page masterpiece in which Quantum Gravity or – as others call it – the “Theory of Everything” mathematically explains the application of Polar Selectivity, Enhanced Layer Formation and some essential facets of the Human Mind. Thus, the book presents very fundamental aspects of the manifestation of phase observations of matter and the entanglement of the latter with unconscious and conscious thought.
For this purpose, 16-year-old Livia was entrusted with illustrating the book with numerous graphics and artwork, thereby enriching the SIOmec family with a valuable team member.
Chief editor Peggy is proud of the outcome that can now be ordered:
ISBN 979-8-218-44483-9
If you have any questions concerning the theory presented in the book, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For questions about the book in general and all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 82: Report on SIOmec Contribution to Conference on Smart Materials & Structures
SIOmec programmer Nick Bierwisch was on tour again: this time in Germany’s capital city Berlin; 5 years after the “1st International Conference on Smart Materials & Structures.” Nick talked about the digital twin in material science, which is a very hot topic, indeed. This year the conference was combined with the “5th global summit on catalysis and chemical engineering” (https://kindcongress.com/event/5th-global-summit-on-catalysis-and-chemical-engineering-chemical-catalyst-2024) and it was interesting to see that in that application field similar methods are used to create digital models for more and more complex material structures. Seeing the usage of artificial intelligence to find new materials which can increase the application performance also triggered the attention of our software developer.
Many thanks to the conference organizers, because in a last minute decision they allowed Nick to present a poster, too, which hadn’t been announced previously in our newsletter 2 weeks ago. The poster was about our newest development: the “tomographic view,” which will help to locate the most critical parts in very complex contact conditions and intricate compound material structures.
Do you have questions concerning the conference or concerning the software in FilmDoctor or the conference participation? Please contact n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 81: implants of a lifetime – new application in FilmDoctor Viewer
In our Newsletter 79 two weeks ago, we announced the FilmDoctor Viewer website to share interesting applications with you. We added a new set of examples about the improvement of a coating system used for hip and knee implants. Improvements in that field are badly needed to increasethe lifetime of such implants. This would prevent a lot of surgeries in which the implants need to be replaced. Every operation is a risk for the patients and less operations and longer lasting implants would increase the quality of life of the patients a lot.
You can download the examples at https://siomec.com/filmdoctor-viewer and find more details about the work of our apprentice Julius (14 years old at that time) at https://siomec.com/applications/implants-of-a-lifetime:
We also added the 3D feature to the FilmDoctor viewer, so that you can look at the evaluated data in the same way it was presented by Julius on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe6aOfG8myc).
Do you have questions concerning the conference or concerning the software in FilmDoctor? Please contact n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 80: SIO at Smart Materials 2024
From July 22nd to 24th SIOMEC team member and programmer Nick Bierwisch will attend the
2nd International Conference on Smart Materials & Structures (or short named Smart Materials 2024) in Berlin.
https://smartmaterials.pagicle.com/
He will give a presentation about “Creating a digital twin and how it helps to speed up your coating development” on Tuesday, July 23 at 2:05 p.m.
So: save the date and see you in Berlin!
Do you have questions concerning the conference or concerning the software in general? Please contact n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 79 : FilmDoctor Viewer now publicly available!
Last year we announced our free software package FilmDoctor Viewer. It’s a great tool to share your FilmDoctor results with other employees, partners or projects and team members.
We extended the functionality to ease up the usage and simplifying the addition of customer-related examples.
Furthermore, it is much faster to get your own copy of the software package free of charge: now it is available easily on our website:
https://www.siomec.com/filmdoctor-viewer
You cannot only share your own projects with others via the FilmDoctor Viewer, it is also possible to download example sets provided by SIO or any other FilmDoctor user.
Simply select the examples you are interested in and download them. They will be installed into the FilmDoctor Viewer directory and merged to the existing examples at the next start of FilmDoctor Viewer.
We are planning to release new examples regularly and we are looking forward to do so with your input. Just let us know what problems we should look into and we will see what we can do.
Do you have questions about FilmDoctor Viewer or concerning the software in general? Please contact n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 78 : Extreme calculation speedup for complex material structures
In our newsletter 69 on Computational Trick makes a Laptop perform like a Mainframe Computer we showed how faster calculations can help to speed up your work. Especially in optimization tasks which have to perform a lot of smaller evaluations to get the results (e.g., identifying critical material parameters).
Our ongoing work with graphene, as just THE material for the next generation of Computers, Super- and Quantum Computers (see also newsletter 59 – Accelerate Graphene Development), brought us to the idea to check how big the acceleration effect is for true multilayer structures. We created a variety of example projects and tested them in our Software FilmDoctor on different computers. This table shows how much the calculation time is increased when we add more layers.
As we can see, instead of a linear increase by only a few percent, when using our mathematical trick, being based on our completely analytical solution of a great variety of contact and defect problems, the calculation time increases exponentially with every added layer. In applications with 1 to 3 layers this might not be crucial, but for very complex evaluations this quickly leads to extreme calculation times which can’t be handled even by supercomputers. The same happens, by the way, when applying finite element or boundary element based packages. They, too, cannot handle such tasks for bigger numbers of interfaces (be it true layer interfaces, defects, simulated gradients, graphene orbital differences or just phase transitions).
As we can see in the following graphic, the effect becomes paramount for complex multilayer and gradient systems and thus, will be of great importance for future developments of graphene structures as THE ultimate Super- and Quantum Computer solutions.
The design of such structures requires the consideration of hundreds or even thousands of layers, orbital transitions and defects. It is sheer impossible to deal with such tasks in the classical way and this makes our FilmDoctor simply the only tool being fit for the job.
Because of the dramatic increase we changed the scale for the calculation time increase to logarithmic (base 10) values.
The older newsletter can be accessed via our news archive at https://siomec.com/news
Do you have questions to the programming of these accelerations or concerning the software in general? Please contact n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 77 : How Black Holes Store Information
SIOmec CEO Norbert Schwarzer has shown that Black Holes increase their dimensionality with the number of bits they have swallowed. Along the way many fascinating things can be learned about this old problem from Bekenstein and Hawking.
[311] N. Schwarzer, “The Quantum Black Hole”, Part 7b of “Medical Socio-Economic
Quantum Gravity”, Self-published, Amazon Digital Services, April 2021, Kindle, ASIN: B092MNP8DN
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 76 : FCSE-2024 Conference Report
FCSE-2024 Conference – Creating a Digital Twin
At FCSE-2024 we had interested students and researchers asking about the stress profiling method for their applications, so long as wearing through the coating to create a profile suits the sample, then yes it works.
There was interest in the defect accumulation model and how it worked if calculating only in the Hertzian elastic regime. From indentation data the load-depth curves go just past the elastic regime into the start of plastic deformation. This data can be extracted to understand the beginning of plastic deformation process and look for critical locations that are likely to lead to crack formation depending on the materials and impact conditions.
There were some very informative posters and interesting talks, one talk that grabbed Troy’s attention was one by Hauzer’s Phillip Immich, who spoke about the challenges of high-volume coating of metallic plates for hydrogen applications. He mentioned the need to find low-cost replacements for metals such as Platinum. Well Phillip, hint-hint, there is a project opportunity to do just that – more can be learned about it here: “Finding Scarce Material Performance Alternatives to Mitigate Supply Chain Risk and Lower Costs” [1].
Troy also noticed a lot of interest in the audience when showing the 2D Graphene sheet simulation and described it as an unpublished scientific opportunity to use AFM load-depth data as input to the simulation (for any 2D Material of interest). Being able to explore the effects of charge build up at interfaces, and other small-scale effects with extremely fast calculations on a laptop (just a second or two depending on the resolution) offers rapid development opportunities in addition to many thought experiments to explore.
The tomographic view shown at the end of the talk drew excited interest to be able to see the hidden interactions from defects so often found in coatings and being able to slice through regions of interest to see the stress field. It was commented that this can be a great benefit.
[1] N. Schwarzer, “Scarce Material Replacements: Project Opportunity to Mitigate Supply Chain Risks, Lower Costs and Accelerate Product Development Timelines”, Nov 2023, ASIN:B0CNY7TRH2
https://www.amazon.de/Scarce-Material-Replacements-Opportunity-Development-ebook/dp/B0CNY7TRH
Dou you wish to learn more about the conference? Contact our partner Troy vom Braucke: troy@gpplasma.com
Concerning the software, please ask our programmer, Nick Bierwisch:: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 75 – Tomographic View: informative outline
In the newsletter of today we want to give an informative overview of the new modeling tool “Tomographic View” which is currently developed by SIOmec. The tool features are illustrated here in the form of a poster which lately was presented by SIOmec programmer Nick Bierwisch on an international conference.
To open the poster with higher resolution please click here:
https://siomec.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Poster-Nick-svc-2024.pdf/
Concerning the software, please ask our programmer, Nick Bierwisch:: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 74 – SIO and partners at FCSE-2024 in Montreal, Canada
Next week at 14:10 on Tuesday June 4th, session 6, our colleague Troy vom Braucke of GP Plasma will be presenting a talk for SIO titled
“Creating a digital twin and how it helps to speed up your coating development”
It will showcase how the required data for a digital twin of your coating system can be obtained by analyzing indentation and scratch measurements. And then using SIO’s analytical models which dramatically speed up the simulation and optimization of complex contact conditions.
Following this talk in session 7 at 16.10, Frank Papa will present
“From Nano to Micro: When ALD meets with PVD to enhance coating performance”
… another great application for the SIO analytical software to make a digital twin of these novel layered designs.
The presentations will be at the 10th International Symposium on Functional Coatings and Surface Engineering (FCSE-2024). The program is available at
https://www.fcse-montreal.ca/program/
For more information on the talks or interest in applying to your own coating design problems please contact Troy troy@gpplasma.com or Nick: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 73 – SVC TechCon summary
SIOmec programmer Nick Bierwisch is now back from the United States where he participated in the SVC TechCon 2024 in Chicago which was held from May 6 – 9, 2024:
“It was a good feeling to swap the computer screen for the public stage at such a large conference once again. Meeting many people which one hasn’t seen for a while and getting to know new scientists always broadens one’s own horizon.
The topic of my talk was about the digital twin, which is a very hot issue, indeed. It was very interesting to learn more about the latest developments in protective and barrier coatings, especially in the aviation industry… no wonder, I just flew in to this event from Europe. Another important topic where SIOmec is already contributing with its modeling capacities has to do with the challenges in the transformation from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources like hydrogen.
For me as a software developer for one of the most comprehensive thin film modeling tools, FilmDoctor, it was very satisfying to see how generic parameter identification and optimization was given much more attention and is meanwhile seen as THE toolbox for research and development of all surface related aspects in a huge variety of fields, products, and applications.”
For questions about the conference participation and / or the software development, ask Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 72 – Quantum Gravity War – new book available
When SIOmec CEO Dr Norbert Schwarzer wrote his book about the Quantum Gravity War in 2020, nobody would have thought that rather soon even a potential WW III would become part of the daily discussion of the ordinary people.
When asked, Dr Schwarzer claimed to have written the book because he wanted to point out the danger looming within a unified physics and their potential connection with the so-called Fermi paradox. In the beginning of 2021 then, a short paper appeared and was widely ignored, but when the Russians shocked the “Collective West” with their super-sonic technology and quite a few other “surprises”, Dr Schwarzer’s publisher convinced him that the time was right for a real book about the whole topic:
“There are simply too many idiots out there who have no idea what such a war would mean for mankind. It is time to show them that there will be no winner!”
Now available on the market, more topical than ever:
“The Quantum Gravity War – How will the Nearby Unification of Physics Change Future Warfare?”
Short description:
Imagine a civilization with a technology so powerful that a single push of the “wrong” button could destroy this very entire civilization. As the consideration of future warfare requires the inclusion of a unified physics, we have to deal with complex concepts of Quantum Theory and General Theory of Relativity. The two have to be brought together before we are able to deal with the matter of future warfare technology in a satisfactory manner. It may come as a surprise that such a “Theory of Everything” or “Theory of Quantum Gravity” — in principle — already exists and had been already derived by the great German mathematician David Hilbert. When digging deeper and looking for applications of the “new” theory, we realized that many of the new possibilities could also lead to quite disastrous utilizations in military. It is futile to hope that mankind would not recognize this potential and restrain itself from its exploitation.
Thus, we thought we better make this knowledge public and hope for some kind of global understanding, perhaps guaranteeing the non-usage of certain technologies. It might only be a weak hope, but in observing history and realizing how little we gained by keeping crucial knowledge restricted to some, thereby often only even more provoking the development of the most horrific weapons one could imagine at the time, we simply see no better way. This book does not provide blueprints ready to start the developments of new quantum gravity weaponry and strategies, but it draws the line that would suffice to awake the right forces and trigger the best developments … before the bad guys get the gist.
If you have any questions concerning the book or the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 71 – SIO & partners at TechCon 2024 in Chicago
SIOmec programmer Nick Bierwisch will attend the 67th Annual SVC Technical Conference (SVC TechCon 2024) in Chicago next week from May 6th to 9th:
He gives a talk on the topic “Creating a Digital Twin and How It Helps to Speed Up Your Coating Development” on Wednesday, May 8, at 9:30 a.m.
This contribution is combined with his poster presentation with the title “Tomographic View – New Tool to View Inside the Material” on Tuesday, May 7 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Furthermore, our partner GPPlasma will have a booth at the exhibition on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th of May. Their booth number is 205:
So: save the dates and see you in Chicago!
Concerning the software and the conference contribution, please ask our programmer, Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For questions about the conference booth, please contact Troy vom Braucke via email: troy@gpplasma.com
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 70 – New Multi Impact Tool in FilmDoctor
The “multi impact” feature of our software FilmDoctor was now converted to a module to ease up the workflow for our customers: It allows to define a set of impacting particles with different (material and kinetic) properties. This can be very helpful if complex contact conditions or real-life experiments like the arizona dust test shall be simulated.
The customer can define for which time spots the stress strain fields should be calculated and the software then will create an animation of the stress strain fields at the selected time spots accordingly.
Enter the properties of the material stack on the material page that should already be familiar to our FilmDoctor users.
On the impact page the details of the impacting particles can be defined. A great variety of parameter ranges are available here and the software will use values within these ranges to generate a set of particles.
The generated parameters can be adjusted by hand if needed and then the software will evaluate the contact conditions for each particle during the whole contact time.
When the calculation has finished, the results can be presented in the standard FilmDoctor result views:
A nice example of use is resented in this short video on Fusion Impact Optimization:
Concerning the software in general and the new module, please ask our programmer, Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 69 – Computational Trick makes a Laptop perform like a Mainframe Computer
When a coating or material failure occurs on the customer’s part, senior management will be looking for answers, the conversation usually goes like this…
Management: How long it will take to fix the problem?
Engineer (giving an honest answer): Well, it will take several design iterations, manufacturing prototypes and accelerated application tests to find an improvement, but first we need to understand the cause.
Management: So how long will it take to fix it?
Engineer: Ahh, it will take several iterations to see if we are heading in the right direction.
Management: You’re not listening, how long will it take?
Engineer (frustrated): How long is a piece of string?
Management (frustrated and walking away): Fix it!
What if you could take years of development and iteration work and compress it into a few weeks?
What about showing the management a visual of why the problem is there and how the proposed development will fix it?
SIO’s FilmDoctor® is the answer. Some time ago Dr Schwarzer was asked by computer and math freaks, including none other than Mr. Fabrikant himself, “how on earth” he was able to make the calculation of these contact problems so fast.
Well, the SIOmec team knows why… a trick Dr Schwarzer came up with accelerated the calculation dramatically. It is a trick one can implement into the solving-procedures of a great variety of similar problems (not only mechanical ones).
SIO’s efficient numerical technique provides an acceleration factor range from 40X up to [(n*1000)*8] where n is the number of dimensional factors. Imagine the benefits if applied to a bank stress test or a larger socioeconomic system?
The image comparison below shows how higher calculation performance allows you to spot the critical failure faster (just for one calculation cycle) and then when running an optimization cycle to find a solution, the acceleration factor ramps up non-linearly.
For questions about the newsletter and how it can also show the solution, please contact Troy vom Braucke via email: troy@gpplasma.com
Concerning the software, please ask our programmer, Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 68 – The Earthquake problem and a Computational Advance
In May 2015, Dr. Norbert Schwarzer was invited to the geology department at Ohio State University and gave a presentation about his work. During that presentation he was asked to model a certain earth-layer situation that apparently was considered a very difficult problem by the audience, and which usually requires super-computers to be simulated. Norbert used the software (his own FilmDoctor) on his laptop computer and had the result in a few seconds. The audience had expected either total failure or endless evaluation time. So, you can picture quite some jaw dropping.
As a mere byproduct, a new mechanical failure mechanism was discovered which had puzzled and molested many engineers for many years in the coating industry (see Figure 1).
Now a recent test of FilmDoctor being developed to run on 64-bit instead of 32-bit operating system architecture has shown the calculation times to be dramatically improved (see Figure 2). The 64-bit version allows much better multitasking and data handling with better utilization of a computers available RAM memory.
Figure 2. At left a 2-layer system (hard layer over incompressible layer over hard substrate) leading to the double eggshell effect. At right various computation times for different problem types using 4 CPU’s and comparing 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
The Result, this 2-layer double eggshell example would normally take 3 seconds is now calculated in 1 second. Imagine not having to schedule days, weeks, or months of super compute time to get the answers you need faster and provide a competitive advantage.
Papers (the story was verified by SVC before taking it into their Bulletin):
[91] N. Schwarzer, “From Hertz via Higgs to a Paradox Failure Mechanism”, page 46, The 2015 Fall issue of the SVC Bulletin, https://lnkd.in/eeazVdiF
The necessary theory can be found here:
[92] N. Schwarzer, “Scale invariant mechanical surface optimization applying analytical time dependent contact mechanics for layered structures”, Chapter 22 in “Applied Nanoindentation in Advanced Materials”, Atul Tiwari (Editor), Sridhar Natarajan (Co-Editor), ISBN: 978-1-119-08449-5, 2017, https://lnkd.in/dJQ8WW5
For questions about the video, please contact Troy vom Braucke via email: troy@gpplasma.com
If you have questions about the software FilmDoctor, feel free to contact our programmer Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 67 – Celebrating British Science Week in June
Did you know that every year there is a “British Science Week”, a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering, and maths whose aim is to get young children interested in science?
https://www.britishscienceweek.org/
This year it will take place between March 8 and March 17, 2024 in many countries worldwide!
With this, people and careers in science and engineering are celebrated and a range of activities and science-related events is provided for the general public to engage and inspire people of all ages with science, engineering and technology.
SIOmec also wants to contribute to the British Science Week by providing a video from our young intern Julius, who at a very young age of 14 already got involved in very complex and life-changing topics. In his numerous videos he explains science in an easy-to-understand way for everybody. Have a look at his work, which here for example deals with the technical improvement of artificial hips and implants:
Enjoy watching his tutorials and be part of the Britsh Science Week with us!
For more info, see also here: https://mailchi.mp/e3710019f151/modern-surface-newsletter-16452177
For questions about the video, please contact Julius Schwarzer via email: julius.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 66 – SIOmec in Interview with RASA Energy
Today we want to call your intention to a very interesting conversation which was recorded lately in Oxnard, California, when 17-year-old intern Julius Schwarzer was invited to RASA Energy to interview famous Dr David Martin.
In this one-hour interview Julius has the unique opportunity to discuss profound issues with renowned Dr David Martin of RASA Energy, California. The company has developed environmental solutions for the hydrocarbon industry with the aim of “rejuvenating the world.”
Julius and David are talking about reusable sources of energy, augmented intelligence vs. artificial intelligence, about “too much science in school”, and they make the connection from the ancient Greek myth of Prometheus to renewable livers to hydrocarbons. So, watch the entertaining video and literally boldly go where no man has gone before…
Visit also https://rasa.energy/
For questions about the video, please contact Julius Schwarzer via email: j.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 65 – Tomographic view in FilmDoctor revisited
In our newsletter today we revisit the new 3D visualizing tool “Tomographic View” in the software “FilmDoctor” developed by SIOmec.
We have uploaded two more videos for you that show the stress distribution of a multiple contact situation, where you cannot define the calculation region in a way to place the faces of the cube at the center of the stresses.
In other words: In some cases, it is possible to define the calculated region in such a way that all areas with high stresses lie on the face of the calculated cube. In this case, you can easily recognize the critical regions.
But in real multiple contact situations this is usually not the case:
This is where the Tomographic View can help:
By changing the transparency, details, and colors, it is possible with the new Tomographic View to look inside and detect the most stressed parts & to highlight interesting areas even if they are hidden deeply within the material (e.g. defects).
For questions about the new tool ‘Tomographic View’ in our software FilmDoctor, please contact Nick Bierwisch via email: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 64 – SIOmec at Nanomechanical Testing Conference
Next week, March 19 to March 21, 2024, SIOmec team member and programmer Nick Bierwisch will take part at Bruker’s annual testing conference featuring high-quality technical programming presented by leading nanomechanical and nanotribological testing experts in Lyon, France:
“Nanobrücken 2024: Nanomechanical Testing Conference”
He will be presenting a poster with the title
“Creating a digital twin and how it helps to speed up your coating development”
For more information about this topic, please have a look at our website: Digital Twin
For questions about our conference participation , SIO programming or any other technical concerns, feel free to visit Nick Bierwisch’s poster presentation or contact him via email: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 63 – Optimum Surface Protection Made Child’s Play
How to break down even the most complicated things into something so illustrative that it becomes child’s play? Here a few examples how this has been done with our comprehensive FilmDoctor package by some teenage boys:
How to get the depth profile of a complex coating system – an interview:
Scratch test analysis with the Calotte Module of FilmDoctor – an interview:
Calculating Intrinsic Stresses with FilmDoctor:
Working with OPfC in Filmdoctor Studio:
Working with OPfC in Filmdoctor Studio – part II:
Working with SSA in FilmDoctor Studio – part I:
Working with SSA in FilmDoctor Studio – part II:
BtW: The theory to all this is anything but a piece of cake 😊
[92] N. Schwarzer, “Scale invariant mechanical surface optimization applying analytical time dependent contact mechanics for layered structures”, Chapter 22 in “Applied Nanoindentation in Advanced Materials”, Atul Tiwari (Editor), Sridhar Natarajan (Co-Editor), ISBN: 978-1-119-08449-5, 2017, www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119084490.html
For questions about this new tomographic view tool, please feel free to address Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 62 – SIO Tomographic View Beta
New view option to highlight interesting (usually high stressed) parts even if they are hidden deeply within the material compound – defects, for instance.
We use an external library named Gorilla3D provided by Gorilla software (https://web.gorilla3d.de/).
This library allows us to create a field data view similar to airport scanners or magnetic resonance tomographs (MRTs), where interesting material regions are highlighted and the less interesting ones are made transparent. We implemented a set of options to allow the customize the individualize the presentation of the results.
Feel like the medical doctor standing next to an MRT and move through the innermost structures of your solid material body!
A first simple example
For questions about this new tomographic view tool, please feel free to address Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 61 – SIOmec website updated
Our new SIOmec website is now available
The Saxony Institute of Surface Mechanics is a company which has been a modern high-tech institute specialized in the analysis, engineering, and optimization of structured surfaces under all kinds of mechanical loading since 2005.
Our new web page is now available and has some new features for you:
Next to updated information about our service and products, you will also find uploaded publications and documents, video links, tutorials, YouTube videos, as well as an archive of our weekly newsletters.
Check it out under www.siomec.com
You can also signup and remove the e-mail newsletter.
For questions about the webpage itself, please feel free to address Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 60 – 6 side calculation feature available
New FilmDoctor feature
This week’s newsletter is just a very short announcement on the new 6-sided calculation feature which now is available in the software “FilmDoctor” by SIOmec.
With this 6-sided view you could have a closer look at interesting parts on your multiple contact, impact or residual stress situation. In the case shown below, just as an example, the Pi and Sigma orbital layers of a single Graphene sheet under contact loading with rotational and lateral components are shown:
All you need to do is select the recently added option “all 6 sides of the cube” on the 3D calculation page to have the FilmDoctor calculate a video animation as this one here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/174tXvI4CVb6R1py99Pht9UgGB_bfBWpm/view?pli=1
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 59 – Accelerate Graphene Development
Accelerate Graphene Development
Graphene and other 2D materials are important for many technology applications from batteries to computer chips and more.
I was recently asked if FilmDoctor can be used for ultrathin 2D materials like Graphene. Not having tried it myself, I asked Dr Norbert Schwarzer CEO of SiOMec about it. He answered that it was one of the first materials used to validate FilmDoctor over 25 years ago at the University of Chemnitz theoretical physics department.
Validation was by comparison to a non-truncated Molecular Dynamics orbital model and to experimental results. The result … perfect agreement with both! Only the MD model took one month of supercomputer time and FilmDoctor need only a few seconds on a laptop.
These massive time savings have a huge impact on the return on investment from labor savings, consumables, and increased machine uptime. Allowing your company to get ahead of the market while reducing capital expenditure. A tier one automotive supplier accelerated their thin film product development from 3 years down to 3 months!
Classical Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Finite Element (FE) simulation methods are used by scientists and engineers to optimize material designs for different applications or to understand the formation of these materials in manufacturing. But these techniques contain approximations and have limitations in simulating large numbers of atoms and are not invertible for reverse optimization.
First principles analytical physics methods [1] provide the ability to understand how small-scale effects can lead to large scale failure problems. Making it possible to speed up your troubleshooting optimization cycle.
Due to hyper efficient mathematical physics that is scale invariant (from small to large scale analysis) and invertible (reverse optimizable), the analytical approach takes a few minutes to set up the design problem. The unprecedented simulation speed means it requires just a few seconds to calculate the material performance under desired contact loading conditions.
The use of experimental measurement data input to the simulation allows a layer structure refinement to ensure agreement with experiment and competing methods such as FE and MD. However, without the limitations of those latter methods, in seconds you can run different thought experiments on your laptop if experimental techniques are not available.
Graphene and Graphene-Like Materials
MD approaches use effective potentials with corrections and therefore, not a fundamental 1st principles approach. They are not accurate if going for more than 1000 atoms as they still use tight binding approximations. Today’s workstations may now do the MD calculations within a week, but FD is still just a few seconds on a 1.6GHz, 4-core laptop.
Interesting Applications
With many potential applications, to name a few there are options for endlessly chargeable batteries, better charge storage, EMP proof computer chips, novel quantum and quantum gravity chip designs, and fusion energy optimization. The physics offers a variety of novel approaches that are further explored in [2].
When you need a force multiplier, speak to us about software to give you competitive advantage
( troy@gpplasma.com )!
In summary:
- Maximize return on investment by accelerating product & process development cycles.
- Uncover the small-scale failures that lead to large-scale problems.
- Calculate critical failure modes in seconds!
- Integrate material property measurement inputs to refine performance simulations.
- Reverse optimize from performance need to materials requirement.
- Run through thought experiments as fast as you can think of them.
- Works for any substrate-material combination and any contact load situation inclusive atomic & ionic.
- Scale invariant, from atomic orbitals to plate tectonics!
[1] N. Schwarzer, “Scale invariant mechanical surface optimization applying analytical time dependent contact mechanics for layered structures”, Chapter 22 in “Applied Nanoindentation in Advanced Materials”, Atul Tiwari (Editor), Sridhar Natarajan (Co-Editor), ISBN: 978-1-119-08449-5, 2017, www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119084490.html
[2] N. Schwarzer, “Quantum Gravity War: How will the nearby unification of physics change the future of war”, April 2024, JennyStanford Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781032710709
Have a look at our webpage to find out more about graphenes:
https://siomec.com/applications/graphene/
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For technical advice (model build-up) address Troy vom Braucke: troy@gpplasma.com
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de
SIO the other newsletter – No. 58 – Material Science and Future Wars
Originally only thought as a warning with respect to a variety of problematic issues of certain scientific developments, it cannot be denied that from a material science standpoint the development of future warfare, as we have described in our new book “The Quantum Gravity War”, provides quite some interesting aspects… and, when thinking about the possibilities in a holistic way, also many chances to actually do something really good.
Here you can find some reviews of the new book [1] which will be published in April this year:
“Science is about empowering the homo to move (to live) and predict his future. On this path, asking questions fearlessly should be a full-time job. No question has been more important than the wellbeing and future of man. From unmasking the elite sustained by ‘a network of symbiotically entangled moochers’, to space as an ‘assembly of properties viewed as degrees of freedom’, Norbert Schwarzer’s holistic approach shows how questioning works.”
~Prof. Adrian Bejan, author of “The Physics of Life“ and ”Freedom and Evolution.”
“This insightful book leaves a door ajar on a fascinating subject and the possibilities that quantum gravity computing could bring. With implications far more profound than current AI developments this new technology has the potential to completely redefine global strategy, technology, AI, possibly even what it means to be human.“
~Dr. Sven Meier.
And the only thing one has to do in order to spot this is to separately consider the volume part of the metric tensor:
“A pleasure to read from cover to cover. The opening chapter, followed by a seemingly ordinary story, leads to the Theory of Everything, heavily supported by mathematics. Various assumptions and implementations of the theory lead to interesting results, such as hypersonic flight, quantum gravity computers, smart black holes, the transition from artificial to natural intelligence, and currently relevant, (inexhaustible) sources of energy. A book that holistic thinkers should read.”
~Iztok Peruš, Assoc. Prof. PhD, BSc Civil Engineering, University of Maribor.
“This book is not for the faint of heart. Norbert Schwarzer brings his A-game by combining quantum physics, relativity theory and war theory into a deep exploration of not only civilization level conflict but also answering the question of our place in the universe and what might be the reason we have not heard from other advanced civilizations in space…. highly recommend this thought provoking and deeply scientific work.”
~Christopher Stone, Senior Fellow for Space Deterrence, National Institute for Deterrence Studies and author of Reversing the Tao: A Framework for Credible Space Deterrence.
[1] N. Schwarzer, “The Quantum Gravity War: How will the Nearby Unification of Physics Change Future Warfare?”, 2024, Jenny Stanford Publishing, ISBN: 9789814968584
To be published in April 2024 ( https://doi.org/10.1201/9781032710709 )
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or: julius.schwarzer@siomec.de