SUSPOWER is funded by FP6 under the Research Infrastructures/Transnational Access Program.

Computational Facilities

The following resources are available to guest researchers as a compliment to experimental investigations:

Commercial Codes

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD):
  - Fluent v6.1 (continuously updated)
  - CFX Taskflow
  - CFX Turbogrid
  - StarCD
   

• Computational Structural Dynamics (CSD):
  - IDEAS FEM
  - Abaqus
  - Ansys
   

• Others:
  - Tecplot (V9): CFD visualisation
  - ICEM CFD 4.2.2: Mesh Generator
  - IDEAS 9.0: CAD software
  - IMSL – EG 3.0: graphics library
  - Visual2, Visual3, GRAFIC: graphic libraries
  - Matlab, Maple: mathematical programs
  - PROSIM: Power plant heat balance analysis
  - Aspen Plus: Energy and material balance analysis

Proprietary Codes (special authorization required)

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD):
  VolSol: 3D Euler and Navier-Stokes solver, flutter and blade row interaction, combustion, and radiation (Volvo Aero Corp)
  
  Sliq: 3D linearized unstead Euler flow solver, flutter and blade row interaction (Rolls-Royce plc)
  Unsflo: 2D/Q3D unsteady time accurate Euler flow solver, flutter and blade row interaction analysis (Rolls-Royce plc)
  
  Finsup: 2D potential flow solver, flutter analysis of axial flow blade rows (Rolls-Royce plc)
  
  Linsub: Flutter and flow disturbance analysis (Rolls-Royce plc)
  
  Multip: 3D steady flow solver (Cambridge)
  
  Novak: Time-linearized 2D and Q3D solver that computes solutions to the transonic Euler or Navier-Stokes equations on adaptive, unstructured 2D triangular grids, applicable to flutter and forced response problems
   

• Computational Structural Dynamics (CSD):
  
  CORIODYN: Finite element code for the dynamic analysis of cyclic symmetric rotating blade-disk-shaft assemblies (INSA Lyon)
  
  PROGEF: Finite element code for solving structural static and dynamic equations of motion for axisymmetric, isentropic and multi-layered composite single blades (INSA Lyon)
   

• In house developments
  STRUFLO: Generic fluid-structure coupling tool (KTH)
  INSTHPT: Flutter code (KTH)

Hardware Resources

• PC computer laboratory

• Linux cluster

• Access to Swedish supercomputers (such as IBM SP2) via NADA and other networks