Mid-Level servers with large memory for CFD and MDO development

具有大内存的中级服务器，用于 CFD 和 MDO 开发

• 批准号: 390678-2010
• 负责人: Pelletier, Dominique
• 金额: $ 10.17万
• 依托单位: École Polytechnique de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=443262
• 关键词: Mid; Level; servers; large; memory

The computational engineering group (GRMIAO) at École Polytechnique de Montréal is one of the largest Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) research unit in Canada. Its members are internationally recognized experts with very strong publication records in CFD. Their research is driven by the need for tools to analyze and improve the performance of mechanical products and systems. The flows around airplane wings, in hydraulic turbine components and in medical devices are but a few examples. The GRMIAO research covers the full spectrum of CFD and Multi-Disciplinary Optimization (MDO) activities. Its members are active on fundamental issues such as algorithm development, code prototyping and verification/validation activities. They also develop methodologies to attack fluid mechanics problems of industrial relevance and develop design optimization methods involving one or many disciplines to optimize the performance of these systems. This broad spectrum of activities places special demands on the computational environment. Mid-level servers are requested which are flexible enough to efficiently run commercial software while providing a productive environment for code development and prototyping of flow solvers. This proposal requests the funds to acquire four mid-level servers to replace our old and obsolete servers and provide our group (25-30 graduate students and 7-9 research assistants) with sufficient computing power and memory to maintain international leadership in CFD. The present grant application is the third and last phase of a structured strategy to renew our computational infrastructure. The present RTI is for the central components of our computational infrastructure and is the cap stone to two other sources of funds secured prior to submitting this application. A CFI Team award (Garon as PI) has funds earmarked for acquisition of substantial amounts of high speed disks to store PIV measurement and CFD prediction data files. We have also earmarked $30,000 or about 18% of the total cost of the requested servers through an FQRNT Team equipment grant (Guibault as PI). These actions reflect the critical importance of these machines for our research and the high level of our commitment

蒙特利尔理工学院的计算工程组（GRMIAO）是加拿大最大的计算流体动力学（CFD）研究单位之一。其成员都是国际公认的专家，在CFD领域拥有非常出色的出版记录。他们的研究是由对工具的需求来分析和提高机械产品和系统的性能驱动的。飞机机翼周围、液压涡轮机部件和医疗设备中的流动只是几个例子。GRMIAO的研究涵盖了CFD和多学科优化（MDO）活动的全部范围。其成员积极参与算法开发、代码原型和验证/确认活动等基本问题。他们还开发方法来攻击工业相关的流体力学问题，并开发涉及一个或多个学科的设计优化方法，以优化这些系统的性能。这种广泛的活动对计算环境提出了特殊的要求。中级服务器的要求是足够灵活，有效地运行商业软件，同时提供一个高效的环境，代码开发和原型的流求解器。该提案要求资金购买四台中级服务器，以取代我们的旧的和过时的服务器，并为我们的团队（25-30名研究生和7-9名研究助理）提供足够的计算能力和内存，以保持CFD的国际领导地位。目前的拨款申请是更新我们的计算基础设施的结构化战略的第三个也是最后一个阶段。目前的RTI是我们的计算基础设施的核心组成部分，是在提交本申请之前获得的其他两个资金来源的基石。CFI团队奖（Garon担任PI）的资金专门用于购买大量高速磁盘来存储PIV测量和CFD预测数据文件。我们还通过一项CIRNT团队设备赠款（Guibault作为PI），指定了30，000美元或所需服务器总成本的18%。这些行动反映了这些机器对我们研究的至关重要性以及我们的高水平承诺