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The niche of the Scientific Computing Group (SC) is the implementation of contemporary, cutting-edge research from physical sciences (including applied mathematics, numerical analysis and fundamental physics) and contemporary high-performance computing (HPC) methodologies, in technology, engineering and applied science applications.
Our methodologies include:
- high-resolution, shock-capturing Riemann problem-based numerical schemes,
- mesh generation and moving boundaries using Cartesian cut-cell and ghost-fluid approaches,
- hierarchical, structured adaptive mesh refinement,
- parallel computing using MPI and algorithm/code implementations on graphical processing units (GPGPUs).
Research is funded mainly by industrial projects which include a wide range of topics in pure and applied physics including the determination of equations of state for hydrocodes by means of ab-initio atomic-level modelling, atmospheric dispersion of pollutants, anti-icing of aircraft, heavy oil recovery, coupled reactive two-phase flow and elastoplastic material algorithms, advanced vehicle simulation and many others of importance for industry.
The Group also supports a Masters (MPhil) degree on Scientific Computing and an advanced training programme which includes short courses and summer schools at a national and international level, such as the EPSRC Autumn Academy on High Performance Computing and the NCAS (National Centre for Atmospheric Science) Climate Modelling Summer School.
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