Acquisition of a Multi-Processor Deskside Supercomputer

Spall 9632008将购买一台双处理器Silicon Graphics Power Challenges L桌面服务器，为机械工程系计算力学实验室提供超级计算能力。每个R8000处理器都能够提供300 MFLOPS的峰值性能。服务器将配置512 MB内存和13 GB磁盘空间。大尺度流动分离及其在风冷航空发动机设计中的应用该项目与南阿拉巴马大学和当地产业界之间现有的一项研究安排有关，其目的是增加我们对翅片圆柱体的流体流动和传热的了解。研究结果可用于改进风冷飞机发动机气缸筒和气缸盖的设计。翼尖湍流涡演化和涡破裂的数值研究。这个项目与主要的研究人员有关，他们与NASA合作，以进一步了解湍流对涡旋破裂的影响。水平管内非定常混合对流及其在化学气相沉积过程中的应用。在NASA赞助的这项工作中，将研究实验观察到的关于管道中面的跨向对称性破坏过程，以努力提供一种改善水平化学气相沉积反应器内沉积均匀度的方法。计算设施还将提高工程学院履行其对研究生教育和应用研究的支持的能力。***

Spall 9632008 A dual-processor Silicon Graphics Power Challenge L deskside server will be purchased to provide supercomputing capabilities for the Department of Mechanical EngineeringOs Computational Mechanics Laboratory. Each of the R8000 processors is capable of 300 MFlops peak performance. The server will be configured with 512 MB RAM and 13 GB disk space. The Large Scale Flow Separation with Applications in the design of air-cooled aircraft engines. This project is related to an existing research arrangement between the University of South Alabama and local industry, the purpose of which is to increase our knowledge of the fluid flow about and heat transfer about finned cylinders. The results may then be used to improve the design of cylinder barrels and cylinder heads for air-cooled aircraft engines. Numerical studies of the evolution of a turbulent wing-tip vortex and vortex breakdown. This project is related to the principal investigatorOs work with NASA to further our understanding of the effects of turbulence on vortex breakdown. Unsteady mixed convection in horizontal ducts with applications in chemical vapor deposition processes. In this NASA sponsored work, the experimentally observed process of spanwise symmetry breaking about the duct mid-plane will be investigated in an effort to provide a means of improved deposition uniformity within horizontal chemical vapor deposition reactors. The computational facility will also improve the College of EngineeringOs ability to fulfill its support for graduate level education and applied research. ***