A Deep Dive into CFD and Scalability: Our Presentation at the FDS Summer School 2025
We are thrilled to share the presentation we gave at the Southern European Summer School on Fire Dynamics Modeling 2025, organized by Professionisti Antincendio. Our talk, “Mesh Scalability and Computing,” explores a crucial topic for anyone working with engineering simulations: how to optimize performance and reduce computation time.
As engineers, we are constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible with simulations like CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and FEA (Finite Element Analysis). The complexity of these models often requires significant computing power, which is where our Cloud HPC platform comes in. Our platform is an on-demand, high-performance computing cluster designed to handle the most demanding engineering software and applications.
This presentation provides an in-depth look at the concept of scalability, demonstrating how using more hardware resources can lead to a significant reduction in the time it takes to get a solution. We cover key concepts like SpeedUp (S=T1/TN) and Efficiency (E=S/N=T1/(N⋅TN)) and explore the different approaches to achieve scalability, including multicore and multithread methods. The presentation also includes a practical application of these concepts within FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator), showing how to divide a simulation problem to achieve a better balance of workload and, ultimately, a faster solution.
Whether you are a seasoned professional or new to the world of engineering simulations, this presentation offers valuable insights into how to leverage cloud computing for more efficient and powerful analyses.
We invite you to download and review the attached slides, which detail the topics discussed during our session. If you have any questions or are interested in learning more about our cloud services, please don’t hesitate to reach out. You can also register to try our platform and experience the benefits of Cloud HPC firsthand.
CloudHPC is a HPC provider to run engineering simulations on the cloud. CloudHPC provides from 1 to 224 vCPUs for each process in several configuration of HPC infrastructure - both multi-thread and multi-core. Current software ranges includes several CAE, CFD, FEA, FEM software among which OpenFOAM, FDS, Blender and several others.
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