HPC Cloud-based reduction of vehicle emissions
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AVL, the world’s largest independent powertrain system development company, offers comprehensive simulation tools to SMEs. The need for CO2 reduction, the increasing complexity of new powertrain systems, and a requirement to achieve the highest possible level of process efficiency are some of the key challenges facing the automotive industry now and for the foreseeable future.
Start date: 01/07/2013
Duration in months: 18
Problem Description
Vehicle optimization projects often require large-scale variations in parameters and components, requiring high CPU cycles on-demand. This case study uses on-demand, Cloud-based HPC resources to reduce CO2 emissions in vehicle design, addressing challenges faced by SMEs and larger companies.
Goals
Virtual prototyping
Challenges
The challenge of this case study was to demonstrate the use of Cloud-based-HPC services to vehicle desing
Innovation results
The outcome of this case study has been to demonstrate the viability of on-demand computing resources in the design of powertrains with specific emphasis on the reduction of CO2 emissions.
Business impact
Cloud-based solutions can significantly reduce costs for short-term projects running millions of simulations on 400 cloud CPU cores by up to 90% compared to in-house systems.