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Airflow simulation around aircrafts, engines, buildings …
The CFD team (Computational Fluid Dynamics) is the biggest one at CERFACS. It focuses on flow simulation while developing advanced numerical methods applied to planes, rockets, helicopters, car engines, turbines, etc. The CFD team is strongly tied to other teams like GLOBC or PAE that also use CFD to forecast climate changes or the environmental impact of aviation: indeed, behind these themes, the equations that govern fluid flows are to be found first.
Calculate this engine before building it !
The CFD team develops essential tools in numerous applicative fields with a today well-known leitmotiv in the industrial world: let's calculate systems (planes, engines) before building them. This allows to reduce the cost of testing by one order of magnitude. The CFD team is at the centre of this research along with its shareholders.
CFD is also a field where High Performance Computing is to be found : CFD simulations rely on fine computational grids with billions of points running on million-core supercomputers. Performing reliable and efficient calculations is another main focus for which Cerfacs is recognized as a key partner.
Team members
In memory of Hieu HA MINH and Vincent Van KEMENADE
Project Leaders
Jean-François BOUSSUGE
Bénédicte CUENOT
Scientific Advisors
Thierry POINSOT
Pierre SAGAUT
Team Assistant
Nathalie BROUSSET
Brigitte YZEL
Senior Researchers
Guillaume DAVILLER
Jérôme DOMBARD
Florent DUCHAINE
Laurent GICQUEL
Thomas JARAVEL
Jean-Christophe JOUHAUD
Davide LAERA
Nicolas ODIER
Eléonore RIBER
Olivier VERMOREL
Research Engineer
Marc MONTAGNAC
Nicholas TRELEAVEN
Study Engineer
Louis FERNEY
Thomas LESAFFRE
Consultants
Pierre BOIVIN
Stéphane MOREAU
Jens-Dominik MULLER
Franck NICOUD
Michael RUDGYARD
11 postdoctoral researchers, 43 PhD students and trainees
