Post by Center of Excellence in Exascale CFD

🛫 How do you predict what happens when airflow and aircraft structures influence each other in real time?   As part of CEEC's new industrial use case series launched during #ISC26, our latest publication examines a challenge at the heart of modern aircraft development: transonic aeroelasticity.   Today's engineering workflows often rely on simplified models to predict how wings deform under aerodynamic loads. While effective for many applications, these approaches can struggle to capture the nonlinear physics that emerge near the speed of sound—precisely where certification, efficiency, and performance margins matter most.   By combining high-fidelity fluid dynamics with structural mechanics in a fully coupled simulation framework, CEEC researchers demonstrate how exascale-ready computing can provide a more complete picture of wing behaviour under realistic flight conditions.   Potential benefits include: 🔹 Improved prediction of flutter and buffet boundaries 🔹 Better estimates of structural loads 🔹 Reduced dependence on costly wind-tunnel campaigns 🔹 Faster development of next-generation wing concepts   As Europe advances its HPC ecosystem, capabilities like these are helping transform simulation from a validation tool into a driver of engineering innovation. 📖 Read the full industrial use case: https://lnkd.in/eKDSBa3k   This is the second article in our summer series showcasing how advanced HPC technologies are addressing real-world industrial challenges. #ISC26 #HPC #CFD #AerospaceEngineering #DigitalEngineering #Exascale