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ATS Seminar Series: Bruce Wilson

ATS Seminar Series: Bruce Wilson

By  •  2 years ago  • 

The Advanced Technologies Section (ATS) of the National Center for Computational Sciences at ORNL is a world leader in developing and deploying scientific and technical solutions for leadership-class computing environments. …
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NASA Team Releases Mars Landing Simulation Data to Encourage New Research into Spacecraft Descent Technologies
3 years ago

NASA Team Releases Mars Landing Simulation Data to Encourage New Research into Spacecraft Descent Technologies

By  •  3 years ago  •  Technology

Scientists at NASA aim to one day land giant payloads on Mars, but safely descending passengers, flight crew, and other equipment in an atmosphere much thinner than Earth’s poses a …
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Summit Simulates How Humans Will ‘Brake’ during Mars Landing
4 years ago

Summit Simulates How Humans Will ‘Brake’ during Mars Landing

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Science

The type of vehicle that will carry people to the Red Planet is shaping up to be “like a two-story house you’re trying to land on another planet. The heat …
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Mastering Magnetic Reconnection
8 years ago

Mastering Magnetic Reconnection

By  •  8 years ago  •  Science

For 5 years a team led by William Daughton of Los Alamos National Laboratory has been simulating magnetic reconnection in space using the Cray XK7 Titan supercomputer and its predecessor, the Cray XT5 Jaguar supercomputer. The team’s simulations support the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission.
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Ramgen Takes Turbomachine Designs for a Supersonic Spin on Titan
9 years ago

Ramgen Takes Turbomachine Designs for a Supersonic Spin on Titan

By  •  9 years ago  •  Science

Ramgen Power Systems is using the Titan supercomputer managed by the OLCF to optimize novel designs based on aerospace shock wave compression technology for gas compression systems, such as carbon dioxide compressors.
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Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility User Update: SmartTruck Systems
10 years ago

Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility User Update: SmartTruck Systems

By  •  10 years ago  •  Science

Startup zooms to success improving fuel efficiency of long-haul trucks by more than 10 percent
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BMI Uses Jaguar to Overhaul Long-Haul Trucks

By  •  13 years ago  •  Science

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.
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