Two CERFACS proposals accepted in PRACE 14th call
4 April 2017
Two CERFACS proposals have been accepted at the last PRACE call. The two studies will be performed with the AVBP solver and will address two very different topics: "Large Eddy Simulation of the Deflagration to Detonation Transition » (in collaboration with TOTAL) will focus on explosions in buildings while the "CRITICal - ChaRacterIzing Two-phase Ignition in Combustors » (with the EM2C laboratory in Centralesupelec) will target aeronautic applications.
Articles of scientific mediation in the online journal “The Conversation”
31 March 2017
Among the missions of the researchers and engineers of Cerfacs is the dissemination of scientific results at all levels, from specialized scientific journals to media intended for the general public. In this spirit, Cerfacs has chosen the online journal "The Conversation" to publish several articles of scientific mediation. Here are a few examples, in French. Simulation intégrée : un nouvel outil au service de l’aéronautique, Florent Duchaine et Laurent Gicquel, The Conversation, 17 avril 2017 Simuler le comportement des fluides dans les moteurs grâce au calcul haute performance ouvre des pistes à l’aéronautique. Multiphysique, une discipline pour mieux prédire et comprendre les phénomènes complexes, Florent Duchaine, The Conversation, 1er mars 2017 Il n’y a pas une, mais des physiques, électronique, mécanique, optique… Les allier dans un système multiphysique permet de mieux comprendre les phénomènes complexes. Moteurs, aéronautique, nucléaire… : la simulation numérique pour l’industrie, Olivier Thual, The Conversation, 15 février 2017 La simulation numérique pour l’industrie s’enrichit de nouveaux outils comme l’assimilation de données ou la quantification des incertitudes. Modéliser le climat grâce au calcul scientifique, Olivier Thual, The Conversation, 15 décembre 2016 Comment comprendre le climat, actuel et futur ? Les scientifiques sont aujourd’hui en mesure de modéliser et simuler avec précision les lois physiques qui régissent le climat.
Combustion research to be presented at the May 9th workshop of the French Académie des Sciences:
28 March 2017
During the May 9th workshop organized at Académie des Sciences, combustion will be one of the topics discussed to illustrate the workshop topic ("Frontier Simulations in Solid and Fluid Mechanics"). The talk will be given by Dr T. Poinsot and will present recent progress in the field of LES of combustion, obtained at CERFACS in collaboration with CNRS laboratories, SAFRAN and ONERA. The full program is available here. At the same meeting, Pr F. Nicoud (CERFACS consultant) will also discuss recent work on blood flows performed in his group in Montpellier.
CERFACS is partner in the “Chaire ANR industrielle” POSEIDON, inaugurated january 27th at Ecole Polytechnique
14 March 2017
POSEIDON, one of the 5 « Chaires ANR industrielles » selected in 2016, is interested in « New plasma thrusters for satellites in low Earth orbit ». Coordinated by Anne Bourdon from the Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, this project gathers Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS and Safran Aircraft Engines in view of developing a new experimental and numerical methodology allowing to reduce the number of tests required for the development of future Hall effect thrusters. CERFACS brings its expertise for the 3D simulation of such thrusters with their real geometry. Crédit Ph. Auvray, LPP
Le train du climat revient en 2017
9 March 2017
Le Train du Climat crée un espace pédagogique de rencontre entre scientifiques et citoyens autour du changement climatique. La saison 1 avait été un succès dans le contexte de la COP21. Voici la saison 2, qui mobilise cette fois encore plusieurs ingénieurs et chercheurs du Cerfacs et de l'UMR CECI.
Ph.D. Students’ Day : March 15th, 2017
9 March 2017
Ph.D. Students' Day (JDC 2017) Wednesday March 15th, 2017 9 am - 6 pm Cerfacs, Conference room JCA / Seminars room For its second edition, this day will be for more than thirty Ph.D. students the opportunity to present to all their research work via a presentation and a poster. For the 30th anniversary of CERFACS, the posters will be displayed again and a prize will reward the poster the most didactic and the most aesthetic. Participation in the event is free of charge. However, for logistical reasons, registration is mandatory by filling in the form below. Programme and abstracts Agenda
COCOA kicks off
13 February 2017
The ANR funded project COCOA has held its kick-off meeting on January 25-28 2017 in Gresse-en-Vercors. This gave scientists from the various disciplines involved in the project (climate modelling, air-sea interface modelling, applied mathematics, computer science, etc.) the opportunity to gather and discuss the different aspects of the project. COCOA, which stands for "COmprehensive Coupling approach for the Ocean and the Atmosphere”, aims to improve climate simulations with a better physical representation of ocean-atmosphere coupling processes.
Hydrology prize for Gildas DAYON
12 January 2017
Gildas Dayon was awarded the 2016 Henri Milon prize (hydrology) by the Société Hydrotechnique de France for his Ph.D thesis entitled "Evolution of the continental hydrological cycle over France during the coming decades" . This work has been done at the CECI CERFACS-CNRS joint research unit, and defended on 20 November, 2015. The Henri Milon award recognizes each year a French-language doctoral thesis dealing with Hydrology.
Best 2016 ASME paper in combustion for an AVBP study at IMFT
4 January 2017
Dr Christian KRAUS (IMF Toulouse) ASME 2016 paper was chosen as one of the Best Papers by the Combustion, Fuels & Emissions Committee after the 2016 Turbo Expo in Seoul, South Korea: GT2016-56368 - Influence of Heat Transfer and Material Temperature on Combustion Instabilities in a Swirl Burner by Christian Kraus, Laurent Selle, Thierry Poinsot, Christoph Arndt, Henning Bockhorn This work was performed within the joint IMFT/CERFACS ERC advanced grant INTECOCIS (intecocis.inp-toulouse.fr)
Sparse Days Meeting 2017 at Cerfacs
2 January 2017
Sparse Days Meeting 2017 at Cerfacs, Toulouse... marking the 70th birthday of Professor Iain Duff September 6th - 8th, 2017
How CERFACS tools are used to design the future helicopter engines.
6 December 2016
This video shows the recent developments of SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES in the field of combustion chambers. It illustrates how Large Eddy Simulations codes developed by CERFACS, CORIA or EM2C contribute to these developments
Welcome to new CERFACS’ members
2 December 2016
Welcome to new engineers, doctors and post-doctors comming at Cerfacs on last 2016 quarter Philippe Leleux - Study Engineer in Algo team Paul Mycek - Post Doctor in Algo team François Moussu - Research Engineer in GlobC team Xavier Pivan - Study Engineer in GlobC team Matthias De Lozzo - Post Doctor in GlobC team Adrien Guibaud - Study Engineer in CFD team Thomas Astoul - Study Engineer in CFD team Michël Bauerheim - Post Doctor in CFD team Lucas Esclapez - Post Doctor in CFD team Fabien Dupuy - Research Engineer in CFD team Lucien Gallen - Doctor in CFD team Charlelie Laurent - Doctor in CFD team Benjamin Farcy - Post-Doctor in CSG team Corentin Lapeyre - Post-Doctor in CFD team Fédéric Pacaud - Doctor in CFD team Matthieu Queguineur - Doctor in CFD team Pamphile Roy - Doctor in CFD team
