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Getting real-world
results at the leading edge of CFD
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 Gulfstream inlet for a conceptual
quiet supersonic jet coupled to a Rolls Royce engine. FieldView image courtesy
of Rodrick V. Chima, NASA Glenn Research Center.
Science doesn't
stand still, and neither do we at Intelligent Light. We opened 2010 at AIAA's
Aerospace Sciences Meeting (ASM) with a wide range of technical papers and
presentations that highlighted the ambitious, innovative research being done by
both our customers in the aerospace engineering industry and our Applied
Research Group. The new methodologies and robust tools being developed not only
advance the state-of-the-art in CFD simulation and modeling; they are already
improving real-world engineering and helping customers solve tough problems and
achieve more with CFD.
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Applied Research Group leads the way in ground-breaking research
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Intelligent Light's Applied Research Group is leading significant
R&D efforts with some of the best minds in the industry today. For example,
we're working with Dr. Kwan-Liu Ma, professor of computer science at UC Davis and director of the DOE's SciDAC Institute for
Ultra-Scale Visualization, to explore intelligent in-situ feature detection.
Dr. Kenneth Brentner, an aerospace engineering professor at Penn State
and a respected aeroacoustics expert, is a key collaborator on and contributor
to several projects related to noise prediction. We're also driving the
application of graphics processing units (GPUs) to CFD high performance
computing for faster visualization.
Here are some of the technical papers Intelligent Light presented
at the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting:
Rotor Wake Modeling with a Coupled Eulerian and
Vortex Particle Method - Capturing the boundary layer and wake propagation with high performance
GPU/CPU computing. (AIAA-2010-0312)
Rotorcraft Computational AeroAcoustics
Post-Processing System (RCAAPS) - Predicting acoustics from CFD solutions, results of NASA Phase II
SBIR. (AIAA-2010-1324)
A Comparative Aerodynamic Study of Commercial
Bicycle Wheels using CFD - Validated drag predictions & compelling flow structure
visualizations generated with powerful, automated FieldView workflow tools. (AIAA-2010-1431)
Hybrid RANS/LES Simulation of the NASA/NREL
Phase VI Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine - Increasing the accuracy of complex, unsteady
flows using a hybrid solver. (AIAA-2010-0459)
Even
while in progress, the results of these and many other research projects are
helping us build new capabilities in and improve the performance of FieldView. Learn
more about Intelligent Light's Applied Research Group here. FieldView
can help you get more from your CFD investments today - click here to find out how.
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FieldView version 12.3 drives greater productivity and return on
investment
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Improve the productivity of your CFD workflow -- ask more
questions,
dig deeper into your data, and still get results
faster.
FieldView 12.3 makes it easier than ever to work with complex
data, including a substantial increase in the number of grids readable
per dataset. Moreover, it now requires only a button click to
harness compute resources to get your results quickly. Another new
feature lets you unroll cylindrical surfaces and view them flat to the screen. Data reads in 15-20 times faster with a new option for
reading boundary data only. New HPC-friendly licensing will allow
multiple processes to be
run simultaneously and cost-effectively with batch-only licenses. For
OVERFLOW-2
users, a new direct reader will enhance productivity, reduce data
storage, and improve automation.
FieldView customers can participate in the 12.3 beta program using
their log-in at ilight.com. Beta participants receive free
batch-only licenses for up to 90 days. See the full list of new
capabilities here. |
Membership has its privileges at ilight.com
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Illuminating
webinars, technical papers on a wide variety of CFD applications, and the
latest product downloads -- those are just some of the benefits members of
the FieldView Community Center enjoy. And it doesn't cost a cent.
Join the
community today! Simply register at
www.ilight.com for access to these resources and more. Or, request a free trial of FieldView and you'll be able to access customer support services as well.
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FieldView distributor network expands into India
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 With
the addition of India-based DesignSpokes Software & Services to
Intelligent Light's global network of distributors, FieldView customers in India, Singapore,
and Malaysia
now have access to top-notch services and technical support to help meet their toughest
engineering challenges.
Working in conjunction with
Intelligent Light's direct sales offices, the FieldView distributor network now
covers every major engineering region in the world. Led by VINAS Ltd. in Japan, which supports our largest geographic
group of customers outside North America, the
12 companies offer a wide array of services and technical support. DesignSpokes
was founded with the mission of making the CAE community in and around India more
productive and profitable, and its principals' deep expertise in CAE software
and broad technical knowledge will help users realize the productivity and
efficiency gains that FieldView brings to the CFD workflow. Click here
to learn more.
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FieldView:
Technical Tips & Timely Tricks
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Q: What's the quickest way to get
started using FieldView Parallel when working with a Unix/Linux Client?
A: We've made it simple -- press the Local Basic
Parallel or Local Licensed Parallel button on the GUI. Convenient GUI access is just the first of many functionalities that set FieldView Parallel apart. If you've run in parallel before and thought it wasn't all it's cracked up to be, FieldView Parallel can help you discover why with tools for debugging, diagnostics, and timing. Get the power and performance you expect from parallel processing with FieldView Parallel.
Please note that to
take advantage of FieldView Parallel, you need to have a multi-core and/or
multi-CPU system, and be reading data applicable to FieldView Parallel. You'll
find more information here.
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