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ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY
San Francisco Golden Gate Chapter
"SIGBIG" Special Interest Committee
For Large High Speed Computers
Meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM. Speakers
who can give insights to various aspects of SUPERCOMPUTING are
featured each month.
Next meeting: Wednesday, February 5, 1986, 7:30 PM
Speaker: Dr. Paul Kutler /
Chief of the Fluid Dynamics Division in the
Aerophysics Directorate at NASA Ames Research
Topic: Computational Fluid Dynamics at NASA Ames Research
Abstract: Numerical aerodynamic simulation is a computational tool
for predicting the aerodynamics and fluid dynamics of aerospace
vehicles by solving a set of mathematical equations with a high-
speed digital computer. Researchers working in the area are required
to be knowledgeable in four technical areas: aerodynamics, fluid
dynamics, mathematics, and computer science. Numerical aerodynamic
simulation, which is more commonly referred to as computational
fluid dynamics, provides the aerospace vehicle designer with a
relatively new but formidable tool to be used in the design and
analysis process.
The present effectiveness and future promise of computational
fluid dynamics (CFD) will be discussed in Dr. Kutler's lecture. The
CFD ideal of computer-designed flight vehicles and the progress that
has been made towards its achievement will also be addressed. During
the course of the lecture numerous examples demonstrating the practical
application of this tool will be presented. Movie clips of the nu-
merical solutions will be shown depicting some of the rather compli-
cated flowfields that are currently being computed using CFD.
Location: AXIOM Systems
1589 Centre Pointe Drive
Milpitas, CA
Directions: 17 South to Montague Expressway East. Left from
Montague onto Centre Point (before Capitol).
or 17 South to Capitol Expressway East. Right from
Capitol onto Centre Point (before Montague).
or 680 South to Montague Expressway West. Right from
Montague onto Centre Point (after Capitol).
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Tape-recordings of most of the previous may be obtained
in exchange for a tape cassette or $5.00 by contacting:
Mary Fowler (415)261-4058 (rec)
Supercomputing #192, BOX 2787
Alameda, CA. 94501-0787
For information contact Mary Fowler, Chairperson (415) 839-6547
or Mike Austin, Publ. Chair (415) 423-8446
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