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Former OLCF User Brings Supercomputing-backed Flood Maps to FEMA
6 years ago

Former OLCF User Brings Supercomputing-backed Flood Maps to FEMA

By  •  6 years ago  •  Industry

In 2012, a small Berkeley, California, startup called KatRisk set out to improve the quality of worldwide flood risk maps. With backgrounds in engineering, hydrology, and risk modeling, the company’s …
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OLCF Helps GE Deliver Next-Generation Gas Turbines
6 years ago

OLCF Helps GE Deliver Next-Generation Gas Turbines

By  •  6 years ago  •  Industry

In 2017, US-based General Electric (GE) delivered its newest heavy-duty gas turbine, the 7HA.02, to two power plants in Texas. The installations marked a milestone in natural gas–derived electricity generation, …
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Streamlining Accelerated Computing for Industry
7 years ago

Streamlining Accelerated Computing for Industry

By  •  7 years ago  •  Industry, Science

Scientists and engineers striving to create the next machine-age marvel—whether it be a more aerodynamic rocket, a faster race car, or a higher-efficiency jet engine—depend on reliable analysis and feedback …
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Giving Businesses Access to the World’s No. 2 Supercomputer for ‘the Intractable Problem’
8 years ago

Giving Businesses Access to the World’s No. 2 Supercomputer for ‘the Intractable Problem’

By  •  8 years ago  •  Industry

Titan is potentially available to any private enterprise through ACCEL.
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Freezing a Droplet to Stop the Ice
8 years ago

Freezing a Droplet to Stop the Ice

By  •  8 years ago  •  Industry

Advances in simulating water molecules in droplets reveal surfaces that may be resistant to ice formation.
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Oak Ridge Supercomputer Turns the Tide for Consumer Products Research
9 years ago

Oak Ridge Supercomputer Turns the Tide for Consumer Products Research

By  •  9 years ago  •  Industry, Science

Consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) has turned to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and America’s fastest supercomputer to simulate microscopic processes that can threaten product performance and stability.
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Photo of the Week: Cold as Ice — Using Titan to Build More Efficient Wind Turbines
10 years ago

Photo of the Week: Cold as Ice — Using Titan to Build More Efficient Wind Turbines

By  •  10 years ago  •  Industry

Scientists at GE Global Research use Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Titan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer, to simulate hundreds of water droplets as they freeze, with each droplet containing one million molecules.
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Fast Friends
10 years ago

Fast Friends

By  •  10 years ago  •  Industry

Partnership brings access to elite supercomputer for cutting-edge fire-protection efforts.
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2013 Annual HPCwire Readers Choice Awards
10 years ago

2013 Annual HPCwire Readers Choice Awards

By  •  10 years ago  •  Industry

GE Research using Oak Ridge National Laboratory Cray “Titan” for Industrial Cold Temperature Research Projects.
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Slick science: modeling surfaces to cast off ice
10 years ago

Slick science: modeling surfaces to cast off ice

By  •  10 years ago  •  Industry

Researchers at the GE Global Research Center are modeling freezing water to develop ice-shedding wind turbine blades using Titan.
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Ice-Repellant Materials One Step Closer
10 years ago

Ice-Repellant Materials One Step Closer

By  •  10 years ago  •  Industry

Scientists at GE Global Research are using the multi-petaflop Titan supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study the way that ice forms as water droplets come in contact with cold surfaces.
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Big Rig Redesign Still Going Strong
10 years ago

Big Rig Redesign Still Going Strong

By  •  10 years ago  •  Industry

Supercomputing simulations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory enabled SmartTruck Systems engineers to develop the UnderTray System.
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ORNL’s Supercomputer Gets Under the Hood
10 years ago

ORNL’s Supercomputer Gets Under the Hood

By  •  10 years ago  •  Industry, Science

Ford researchers wanted to optimize engine bay airflow while considering a significant number of design parameters, a job that required supercomputing resources on a completely new scale.
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High-tech Shampoo, via the Department of Energy
11 years ago

High-tech Shampoo, via the Department of Energy

By  •  11 years ago  •  Industry

For Procter & Gamble, access to Oak Ridge means it can do things it had never imagined before-like delve deeper into understanding how different compounds react with one another at a molecular level or how human hair and skin absorb those agents. (.pdf)
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As PC sales fall, supercomputers soar
11 years ago

As PC sales fall, supercomputers soar

By  •  11 years ago  •  Industry

Demand for supercomputers has increased five-fold over the past five years.
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