High Performance Computing and Visualization Facilities for Virtual Experimentation
Abstract
The Georgia Institute of Technologys (Georgia Tech) recent and future work with engineers atONR, NSWC Carderock Division, and the Electric Ship Research and Design Consortium(ESRDC) has driven computing and visualization requirements. As naval systems increase incomplexity and are increasingly networked together into system of systems, higher fidelitymodeling and simulation is required e arlier in the design process at the subsystem, system, andsystem-of-systems level. These analyses leverage multiple high-fidelity a nalysis tools for virtualexperimentation, as physical experimentation can be cumbersome, time consuming, andexpensive. While compu tational power continues to increase, the creation of validated highfidelityphysics-base modeling environments is not trivial, and remains computationallyexpensive. Additional computational resources enable engineers to run more simulations,increasing the size of data sets, and increasing the need for the right tools to effectively analyzeand visualize results. This DURIP seeks to acquire computing and visualization resources in orderto support these lines of research.Due to the nature of the research being conducte d, data and computer codes will fall underInternational Traffic and Arms Regulations (ITAR) and export control laws; this requires that allcomputing resources must comply with NIST.SP.800-171, Protecting Controlled UnclassifiedInformation in Nonfederal Informa tion Systems and Organizations. The upgraded computationalenvironment will be linked with the Collaborative Design Environment (CoD E), the CollaborativeVisualization Environment (CoVE), and the Adaptive Design, Prototyping, and Experimentation(ADePT) Facility, which were created using previously awarded DURIP funding from the Officeof Naval Research (ONR). Georgia Tech is requesting DURIP funding to upgrade the existingDURIP-funded, ITAR and CUI-compliant computer cluster and enhance the analysis andvisualization ca pabilities of the current Collaborative Design Environment (CoDE) facility for useon defense research projects.This upgraded facil ity will provide a unique and unrivaled capability in simulation-based testingand experimentation, and can be leveraged across many defense related efforts to save time andcost and increase confidence in results.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 22, 2021
- Source ID
- N000142112955
Entities
People
- Dimitri Mavris
Organizations
- Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy