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.
OLCF Staff WriterAugust 14, 2013
A project led by Amra Peles of UTRC is pushing the limits of lower-cost, genuinely renewable hydrogen production and use for fuel cells.
Leo WilliamsDecember 18, 2012
Ramgen Power Systems, a Seattle-based energy R&D firm, is developing a novel gas compressor system based on shock-wave technology used in supersonic flight applications by using the OLCF's Jaguar supercomputer.
Scott JonesAugust 14, 2012
Researchers from Purdue University, the University of Alabama–Huntsville, and Switzerland’s ETH Zurich are finalists for this year’s coveted ACM Gordon Bell Prize, thanks to a nanoscale simulation of electronic devices performed on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jaguar supercomputer.
Leo WilliamsNovember 11, 2011
Supercomputers help optimize engines, turbines, and other technologies for clean energy High-fidelity large eddy simulation (LES) of direct-injection processes in internal-combustion engines provides an essential component for development of high-efficiency, low-emissions vehicles. Here LES reveals how fuel from a state-of-the-art injector mixes with air inside an engine cylinder. Image credit:…
Dawn LevySeptember 12, 2011
For years, academia has looked to simulation to solve some of science’s most complex problems. Recently, industry has taken notice—America’s most powerful machines are now helping its most powerful companies. Take Jaguar and Boeing, for example.
Scott JonesAugust 19, 2011
Mike Henderson, CEO of BMI Corporation and Smart Truck, was announced as one of nine winners of the HPC Innovation Excellence Awards, given to organizations achieving an important, quantifiable achievement with the help of high-performance computing.
OLCF Staff WriterJune 29, 2011
BMI Corporation is combining their aerospace and race care design expertise with the power of the OLCF’s Jaguar supercomputer to create a new, long haul “SmartTruck” that will increase fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
OLCF Staff WriterMarch 2, 2011
Purdue researchers break petaflop barrier with study of electrons in computer chips A team led by Gerhard Klimeck of Purdue University has broken the petascale barrier while addressing a relatively old problem in the very young field of computer chip design. Using Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jaguar supercomputer, Klimeck and…
Leo WilliamsFebruary 1, 2011
BMI’s Mike Henderson discusses the aerodynamic analysis of semi-tractor trailers, research that could greatly enhance the efficiency of one of America’s most important shipping mediums.
OLCF Staff WriterNovember 12, 2010
