Marie Curie Day-Jan Anker-IAPP NUMECA.ppt

Nr. NUMECA’s experience with Industry-Academia Partnerships and Patways IAPP programs Presentation given at the Journée Marie CurieEcole Royale Militaire, BrusselsNovember 6th, 2009 J. E. Anker, Prof. Ch. Hirsch, NUMECA Int., Av. Franklin D. Rooseveltlaan 5, B-1050 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium Outline Brief presentation of NUMECA Int. Importance of innovation and support for RD Experience from previous EU projects Marie Curie AdComb-CFD ToK-IAP project FP6 Marie Curie COMBINA IAPP project FP7 IAPP projects – Challenges and benefits Conclusions NUMECA – Activities and locations NUMECA International s. a. was created in 1992 as a spin-off of Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB Main activities: Development of software systems for the simulation of fluid flows Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD software for analysis and optimization of fluid machinery and aero-nautical systems NUMECA Int. is a globally acting high-tech company: Employs globally 70 CFD experts and highly qualified engineers NUMECA Int. has its headquarters in Brussels and subsidiaries in Mons B and San Francisco USA . Distributors located worldwide: Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, India, China, … NUMECA - Products Preprocessing tools / Grid generation software: Task: Definition of geometry, boundary conditions, subdivision of computational domain in finite volumes grid Hexpress?: Generates unstructured, hexahedral grids Autogrid/IGG: Automated generation of structured grids Flow solvers: Task: Numerical solution of the flow equations FINE?/Turbo Flow Solver: Leading flow solver for turbomachinery applications using structured grids FINE?/Hexa Flow Solver: General, multi-purpose flow solver using unstructured hexahedral meshes Post-processors / Visualisation: CFView? for visualization and evaluation of the simulated flow fields Unique features: Flow Integrated Environments: Complete software packages with flow solver and pre- and postprocessor FINE?/Tur