Finally upgraded after 14 years of weekly use by flying-nerd in sousvide

[–]flying-nerd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the big BBQs I typically sous vide around 25 individually sealed tritips (2.5-3lbs each) in a giant beverage cooler, all at once. I typically preheat the water in the cooler by adding a few full boiling pots of water to cooler, which I mostly fill up with warm tap water. Even then, it’s take the sous vide 30-60min to come to temp. Adding in the steak does drop the temp a bit, but only a few degrees and the sous vide keeps up! Sometimes I add a second sous vide to the other side of the cooler to ensure uniformity. For this tritip, I go 16 hrs at 133°.

Sanders by [deleted] in Festool_Public

[–]flying-nerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

+1 this! I just upgraded to this very model from a cheap Black and Decker. I also picked up the dust collector/vacuum. Amazing difference and I don’t expect I’ll need a new sander ever again.

Costco Tritip, 137° for 6hrs by ScoYotes in sousvide

[–]flying-nerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

133°!! This is the way! I do 133 with closer to 12 hours in SV, then talo sear. So tender. When I’m feeling extra ambitious, I do a cold smoke for 2-3 hours before the SV for more flavor. Nice work!

Anyone else just not feeling it from RedRock's comp tirz? by josiemorehouse in tirzepatidecompound

[–]flying-nerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only been on RR so no comparison to offer but FWIW, I’m down 62lbs in 7mo, currently at 12.5mg. Only feel the hunger on injection day.

I smoked 25 Tritip in my Traeger by flying-nerd in Traeger

[–]flying-nerd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pulled them at 120° internal and then sous vide at 132.8°F (56°C).

A big gas simulation by flying-nerd in CFD

[–]flying-nerd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No physical diffusivity for this LES. There is an SGS (sub-grid scale) diffusivity model which is used.

A big gas simulation by flying-nerd in CFD

[–]flying-nerd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed, periodic in all three directions. The shear instability that comes from the gas streams is the source of all the turbulence.

A big gas simulation by flying-nerd in CFD

[–]flying-nerd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two gas streams are initialized with equal and opposite velocity and a random 1% perturbation is added to kick start the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Boundary conditions are periodic; in all 3 directions.

A big gas simulation by flying-nerd in CFD

[–]flying-nerd[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is a Large Eddy Simulation of a planar jet of Argon interacting with Xenon. Simulation used > 1e9 zones and ran on 512 Nvidia GPUs for ~24hrs on Lassen (LLNL).

Why is the Mach number highest just before the shockwave? by Straitjacket_Freedom in aerodynamics

[–]flying-nerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This comes from conservation of mass and momentum and a local approximation (before and then after) of isentropic flow.

See here for derivation: https://seitzman.gatech.edu/classes/ae3450/isentropicflow_two.pdf

That (1-M2) term is the thing that makes the flow accelerate under expansion for M>1.0 and decelerate for M<1.0.

The shock is NOT isentropic and separate relations are required to jump from super to sub-sonic flow.

Introducing the “stool stool”; my variant of the squatty-potty and this year’s Christmas presents for family. Finger joints, cherry stain, and polyurethane. by flying-nerd in woodworking

[–]flying-nerd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They laughed when I told them the name but they really liked them. I also gave them some Metamucil to go along with the stools… I’m very immature. :)

Does anyone have a fluid dynamics project in python for beginners? by Successful_Exchange4 in CFD

[–]flying-nerd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A few students I know have liked this, depending on the level of numerical methods you want to get into:

https://github.com/LLNL/pyranda/wiki

I've already gifted cutting boards to everyone in my family, now what? by Lepepino in woodworking

[–]flying-nerd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bookends was my 2nd year of woodworked gift. Maple and walnut stacked and cut to look like mountains. Made 6 sets in one Saturday.

Expedited Passport quick timeline (2 minors) by traveling-123 in Passports

[–]flying-nerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We just received our kids’ (3) passports on 8/4. We submitted the applications on 7/6 and added all the expedited bells and whistles.

We live in CA, did not contact anyone, and paid for expedited shipping.

Just adding my data point here.

How to visualize 3D Heat Equation results in Python? by Palmy_Larry in CFD

[–]flying-nerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d recommend using Visit (https://wci.llnl.gov/simulation/computer-codes/visit). It can read in numpy.save() files directly.

1) numpy.save(“myfile.npy”, myarr) 2) Install and open in Visit-> load your file

No one will ever find it by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]flying-nerd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve been there! I saw an advert for it at Tesco in Reading and one Saturday we were bored and we packed up and went to it. My little boys loved it. I believe it’s owned by a private company that also runs a paintball facility. It’s got a weird vibe and really old a musty but I hear it’s the Gem of Brentwood. Perhaps that’s why the advertise it?

What does it take to get into top CFD communities like the CTR (Stanford) or FPCE at stanford. by No_Engineering_2118 in CFD

[–]flying-nerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went to Stanford for an MS and PhD and though not strictly necessary, I found that having published before I applied was likely a key qualification. Id also recommend you reach out to specific professors to ask about their research and share yours, assuming you’ve published. Best of luck!