PITTSBURGH - Ansys in Canonsburg, Pa., announced their collaboration with Rolls-Royce in London and Intel in Santa Clara, Calif., which reduced the simulation time of the thermo-mechanical model of Rolls-Royce's new gas-turbine engine from more than 1,000 hours to less than 10 hour. This collaboration was also supported by the computing resources at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, HPE, and researchers at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Powered by Ansys' simulation and Intel's high-performance computing (HPC) technologies, Rolls-Royce leverages Ansys and Intel to accelerate engineering solve times, reduce operational power consumption, and create virtual prototypes of its energy- and fuel-efficient gas turbine engines up to 100X faster. As a result, Rolls-Royce is able to rapidly deliver clean and complex propulsion solutions for safety-critical applications in the air, at sea and on land. The advanced technology from Ansys and Intel also supports digital research and development, which incorporates simulation and digital twins to improve engine design for more sustainable, climate-neutral solutions for drive, propulsion, and power generation.
Ansys helps Rolls-Royce reduce memory requirements, accelerate performance, and improve parallel efficiency. Using the Intel oneAPI Math Kernel Library MKL, Ansys LS-DYNA enables simulations to consume less memory and run orders of magnitude faster, which conserves power and energy consumption.
Rolls-Royce also leverages digital twin technology to create high-fidelity designs and virtual prototypes. By incorporating simulation and digital twins throughout the development process, Rolls-Royce gains engineering insights to design more efficient propulsion systems.
"Ansys is proud to collaborate with Rolls-Royce and Intel to leverage the power of simulation and related technologies to develop cleaner engines, combat climate concerns, and reduce emissions," said Shane Emswiler, senior vice president of products at Ansys. "We are confident that Ansys' simulation portfolio and Intel's compute power will equip Rolls-Royce engineers to positively impact the future of aviation."
