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PANEL DISCUSSION ON CFD AND STRUCTURES APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Panelists:

Alex Akkerman, Ford

E. Thomas Moyer, Naval Surface Warfare Center

Matt Floros, Army Research Laboratory

Susan Polsky, Naval Air Weapons Center

Andrew Johnson, Digital Rocket Science

Vince Scarafino

Paul Muzio, City University of New York

Bob Graybill, USC–ISI

Richard Walsh, IDC

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PANEL DISCUSSION ON CFD AND STRUCTURES APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Many of the panel members are now in the process of addressing complicated multi-physics problems be it for ship, rotorcraft, or fixed wing aircraft design. 

What are the most significant algorithmic issues in this area that need to be addressed?

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PANEL DISCUSSION ON CFD AND STRUCTURES APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Most current high performance computers now consist of 100s or 1000s of SMP nodes with multicore chips. 

How do current algorithms map to this computer paradigm? 

Does it make your development work easier or harder? 

What kind of HPC architectural improvements are needed to efficiently support these algorithms?

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PANEL DISCUSSION ON CFD AND STRUCTURES APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

 

What changes in computer programming models for HPC systems would benefit work in this area?