State-of-the-art computational tools using large-scale numerical simulations are developed and applied by Computational Mechanics Section technical staff at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to solve a broad range of client problems. These tools include:
- Hydrocodes
- Engineering codes
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes
SwRI has expertise in structured and unstructured grid solvers using either finite volume or finite element methods and maintains a large suite of codes for simulating:
- Compressible or incompressible flows
- Structural response and deformation
- Thermal and chemical reaction effects
- Other complex physics such as turbulence modeling
Computational Mechanics Capabilities
- Code development
- Code enhancement and modification
- Penetration mechanics
- Computational constitutive modeling
- Warhead modeling
- CFD
- Fluid-structure interaction
- Computational fracture mechanics
- Multiphase transport modeling
- Energetic material modeling
- Material behavior prediction
- Turbulence modeling
- Numerical uncertainty
- Numerical methods development
Computational Mechanics Experience
- Development and implementation of physical models
- Simulation of large deformation, dynamic phenomena
- Simulation of large-scale processes and systems
- Application of computer programs to real-world problems
- Development of new algorithms for complex, multidisciplinary problems
Computational Tools
- High-end workstations (Unix®, Linux®, and Windows®)
- Parallel computers (Beowulf systems)
- Fast switched-ethernet and ATM networks
- Access to NSF, NASA, DoD and DOE supercomputers
- SwRI-developed codes
- Select commercial codes