Ruggero Poletto, Author at Cloud HPC

Turbocharge Your CFD Optimization: Leveraging Cloud HPC for Turbomachinery Design

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has become indispensable in designing turbomachinery, enabling engineers to analyze complex flow phenomena and optimize components like fans and impellers. Modern CFD algorithms allow for running advanced transient analyses with sophisticated turbulence modeling, such as hybrid RANS/LES, demanding substantial computational resources. Optimization studies, like the one Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 1 week17 October 2025 ago

JuPedSim

Understanding Pedestrian Dynamics with JuPedSim: A Guide to Egress Time Evaluation

Understanding pedestrian movement, especially in emergency scenarios, is crucial for public safety. How quickly can a building be evacuated? Where are bottlenecks likely to occur? These are questions that JuPedSim, a powerful pedestrian dynamics simulator, helps us answer. In this blog post, we’ll explore the core components of a JuPedSim Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 3 weeks7 October 2025 ago

cloudHPC

Announcing New GPU-Equipped Instances on cloudHPC

We are thrilled to announce a significant expansion of our cloudHPC platform with the introduction of new GPU-equipped instances. This release marks a major milestone in our commitment to providing powerful and flexible high-performance computing solutions for our users. By integrating NVIDIA T4 GPUs, cloudHPC now offers enhanced capabilities for Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 4 weeks1 October 2025 ago

SU2

SU2 and the Challenge of Scalability: How CloudHPC is Speeding Up CFD Simulations

Engineers are constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, and that often means tackling complex simulations that demand immense computational power. In the world of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), one of the most powerful tools available is the SU2 software suite. But even with state-of-the-art software, a fundamental challenge remains: Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 4 weeks1 October 2025 ago

OpenFOAM

The Challenge: From CFD to HPC

Modern Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) algorithms are capable of running transient analyses with advanced turbulence modeling, making them popular for designing turbomachinery. However, achieving a higher level of accuracy and running multiple analyses simultaneously for optimization requires a complete High-Performance Computing (HPC) system. The challenge is compounded by the continuous Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 1 month18 September 2025 ago

FDS

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, Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 1 month18 September 2025 ago

calculix Code Aster scalability

Decoding Performance: A Scalability Showdown Between CalculiX and Code_Aster

In the demanding world of Finite Element Analysis (FEA), performance is king. When tackling complex engineering problems, especially with large datasets and intricate geometries, how efficiently your software scales with increasing computational resources can make or break your analysis time. This is precisely what we set out to investigate: a Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 1 month15 September 2025 ago

Regulations

Ensuring Safe & Compliant Car Parks: The Crucial Role of CO Extraction and CFD

Operating safe and compliant car parks requires meticulous attention to air quality, particularly concerning 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗱𝗲 (𝗖𝗢) 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀. Elevated CO can pose significant health risks to users and staff. 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦: Both national and international regulations set strict limits for CO concentrations and dictate the required air changes Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 3 months31 July 2025 ago

snappyHexMesh

Mesh Generation with Helyx-OS: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

A crucial step in any CFD simulation is creating a good quality mesh. The mesh discretizes your geometry into small control volumes, and the accuracy and efficiency of your simulation depend heavily on its characteristics. Helyx-OS, with its powerful pre-processing tools, makes mesh generation accessible and efficient. This tutorial assumes Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 3 months30 July 2025 ago

Code Aster

Decoding Drone FEM: A Journey with Code_Aster and CloudHPC

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a powerful tool for understanding the structural behavior of complex designs. In this post, we’ll delve into an FEA analysis performed on a drone frame using the open-source software Code_Aster. Our goal was to analyze its static and dynamic characteristics, and we leveraged the power Read more

By Ruggero Poletto, 3 months29 July 2025 ago