Accelerating Innovation of Defense Systems with
Computational Prototypes and High Performance Computing
Speaker
Event Type
HPC Impact Showcase
TimeThursday, November 16th10:30am -
11am
Location501-502
DescriptionThe US Department of Defense High Performance Computing
Program (DoD HPCMP) provides the DoD computational
science and engineering community three key elements of
an HPC ecosystem: 1) five computer centers with a total
computing capacity of 31 PetaFLOPS, 2) DREN, a
high-bandwidth, low-latency network to connect the
customers with the computers, and 3) application
software support. The exponential growth in computing
power over the last 60 years now gives DoD engineers the
ability to accurately predict the performance of
full-scale weapon systems (e.g., a full-size ship or
airplane). To realize this capability, the CREATE
program was launched in 2007 to develop and deploy
eleven physics-based HPC engineering tools for the
design and analysis of ships (e.g. aircraft carriers,
destroyers,..), air vehicles (fighters, bombers,
submarine surveillance airplanes,...), ground vehicles
(trucks, personnel carriers, tanks,...), and radio
frequency radars and antennas, together with the ability
to generate the meshes and geometries needed for
analysis. These tools enable engineers to develop
virtual prototypes of weapon systems. By analysis of
those prototypes with high-fidelity, physics-based
tools, design defects and performance shortfalls can be
identified and fixed before metal has been cut. This
reduces rework and the risks, costs, and time of
acquiring and maintaining major DoD weapon systems. The
tools are being used by more than 160 DoD engineering
organizations (government, industry, and academia) and
approximately 1,400 users. Illustrative examples of
these applications and their impacts will be described
during the presentation.
