Aerospace Industry Applications of CFD: Present and Outlook
- Andrew Cary, Boeing Technical Fellow in CFD, Boeing
KAUST Library
As we look toward future computing advances and how they will be used within the aerospace industry, it is valuable to identify multiple use cases to accelerate the combination of computing availability, tool readiness, and engineering process maturity. Aerospace CFD has had significant impact in many facets beyond use as a “computational wind tunnel” to predict aerodynamic forces but also leading to improved understanding of the entire vehicle. Present trends are demonstrating increases in capability through engineering application of large time-dependent simulations and initiatives moving toward model-based engineering. The past and future successes will require having the right tools and processes in place, along with the computational infrastructure. In this presentation, I will review present uses and trends in aerospace CFD with a projection toward potential use cases at exascale in order to identify paths forward for tools and processes to mature in tandem with computing capacity.
Overview
Abstract
As we look toward future computing advances and how they will be used within the aerospace industry, it is valuable to identify multiple use cases to accelerate the combination of computing availability, tool readiness, and engineering process maturity. Aerospace CFD has had significant impact in many facets beyond use as a “computational wind tunnel” to predict aerodynamic forces but also leading to improved understanding of the entire vehicle. Present trends are demonstrating increases in capability through engineering application of large time-dependent simulations and initiatives moving toward model-based engineering. The past and future successes will require having the right tools and processes in place, along with the computational infrastructure. In this presentation, I will review present uses and trends in aerospace CFD with a projection toward potential use cases at exascale in order to identify paths forward for tools and processes to mature in tandem with computing capacity.
Brief Biography
Andrew Cary is a Boeing Technical Fellow in CFD and one of the technical experts in CFD in the Boeing Company with over 25 years of experience in CFD development and applications. He is presently the lead developer for the Boeing-developed BCFD flow solver but has also worked in grid generation and process development. He has made key contributions to time dependent simulations at industry scale and active flow control, as well as applying CFD to numerous Boeing vehicles. He is a key member of the AIAA CFD Vision 2030 Integration Committee and was a lead contributor to the Certification by Analysis Roadmap effort published in 2021. Present focal areas include porting CFD tools to GPUs, uncertainty quantification, and verification and validation. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Aerospace Engineering.