PyFR: Towards Industry and Exascale

这是该奖学金项目“开发用于瞬态可压缩流动现象高阶模拟的软件：在无人机设计中的应用”（EP/K027379/1）的延伸。在过去的几十年里，流体流动的计算机模拟已经成为设计复杂系统的重要工具。然而，很明显，对于一系列的流动问题，电流生成软件是不适合的。需要更新的软件，可以有效地利用当前和未来的计算平台，在复杂的几何结构上执行高精度的所谓“尺度分辨”模拟非定常流现象。这种能力将导致在一系列领域设计出更高效、更有能力的技术，包括航空航天、国防、建筑、汽车和绿色能源。EP/K027379/1合同下的当前活动导致了PyFR （www.pyfr.org）的开发，PyFR是一种新的软件，可以有效地利用大规模并行计算平台的能力，以进行复杂无人机（UAV）配置上迄今为止难以处理的非定常气流模拟。提议的奖学金扩展将解决目前阻碍PyFR更广泛的工业采用的一系列突出问题，使其进一步“走向工业”，并解决一系列阻碍PyFR在下一代百亿亿次超级计算机上利用的问题，使其进一步“走向百亿亿次”。拟议的奖学金扩展还将寻求将PyFR的应用空间从无人机扩展到一系列领域，并包括涉及涡轮叶片，导弹，建筑物和潜艇的流动的测试案例。该研究项目将由帝国理工学院航空系的博士生彼得·文森特博士领导。它将与各种工业合作伙伴合作进行，包括MTU航空发动机、MBDA、Arup、BAE系统潜艇、BAE系统MAI、NASA Glenn、NASA Langley、NVIDIA、Pointwise、Kitware、Zenotech和橡树岭国家实验室，以及包括斯坦福大学和麻省理工学院在内的各种学术合作伙伴。这个项目合作伙伴组成的团队，包括精选的世界领先公司和精英研究机构，将确保项目成功实现其目标。

This is an extension of the Fellowship: 'Developing Software for High-Order Simulation of Transient Compressible Flow Phenomena: Application to Design of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles' - EP/K027379/1.Over the past decades, computer simulations of fluid flow have emerged as an important tool for design of complex systems across a range of sectors. It is apparent, however, that for a range of flow problem current generation software is not fit for purpose. Newer software is required, that can make effective use of current and future computing platforms, to perform highly accurate so called 'scale-resolving' simulations of unsteady flow phenomena over complex geometric configurations. Such capability would lead to design of more efficient and capable technology across a range of sectors, including aerospace, defense, architecture, automotive, and green energy.Current activities under award EP/K027379/1 have led to development of PyFR (www.pyfr.org), a new software that can effectively leverage capabilities of massively-parallel computing platforms, with a view to undertaking hitherto intractable simulations of unsteady airflow over complex Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) configurations. The proposed Fellowship extension will address a range of outstanding issues currently blocking wider industrial adoption of PyFR, taking it further "Towards Industry", as well as addressing a range of issues that will block exploitation of PyFR on next-generation exascale supercomputers, taking it further "Towards Exascale". The proposed Fellowship extension will also look to expand the application space of PyFR beyond just UAVs to a range of sectors, and includes test cases involving flow over turbine blades, missiles, buildings, and submarines.The research program will be lead by Dr. Peter Vincent, a Reader in the department of Aeronautics at Imperial College. It will be undertaken in collaboration with various industrial partners including MTU Aeroengines, MBDA, Arup, BAE Systems Submarines, BAE Systems MAI, NASA Glenn, Nasa Langley, NVIDIA, Pointwise, Kitware, Zenotech, and Oak Ridge National Lab, and with various academic partners including Stanford University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This assembled team of project partners, comprising a selection of the world's leading companies and elite research institutions, will ensure the project successfully delivers its objectives.