Heterogeneous hardware technologies for accelerating complex aerospace system simulations

Author

Mills, Andrew R. ; Apopei, Ben ; Mangion, Andrew Zammit ; Barron-Gonzales, Hector ; Gunetti, Paolo ; Thompson, Haydn A. ; Garbett, Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. ACSE, Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

6-13 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

This paper investigates the use of novel hardware and techniques to increase the speed of simulation for large gas turbine engine models. In particular, the work shows the results of attempting to accelerate an engine system model using multiple processor cores and a FPGA co-processor. Strengths and weaknesses of the technologies are illustrated and an account of the lessons learnt for distributing models over disparate technologies is provided.

Keywords

aerospace engines; aerospace simulation; field programmable gate arrays; gas turbines; FPGA coprocessor; complex aerospace system simulation; engine system models; gas turbine engine models; heterogeneous hardware technologies; multiple processor cores; Acceleration; Aerospace simulation; Concurrent computing; Engines; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Mathematical model; Paper technology; Parallel processing; Processor scheduling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3887-7

Electronic_ISBN

1095-323X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2010.5446789

Filename

5446789