What is the future CFD environment?

TP

Hi,

I'm currently working on a research project looking at the "CFD environment of the future" for aerospace designers/ engineers and I'd welcome your views on this topic.

The project is looking at how CFD can be improved by changing certain processes (i.e. ways of improving 3D mesh generation), through the use of technology (i.e. HPC, different algorithms) and changes to the way engineers interact with these tools and processes.

So your views on the real bottlenecks in the current processes, from a technology and human aspect would be most useful. If you can think of a "wishlist" for improvements you could think of, then that would also be very helpful.

The second aspect looks at how designers/ engineers will interact and visualise these processes in the future. So looking at how you can visualise the data produced (i.e. 3D, virtual environments, Haptic technology etc) and what designers/ engineers really want to be able to see and do that they currently can't.

So if in 10 years time you had the unlimited computing power what would you really want to be able to see and do? Would you like to be able add complexity to your simulations? or would you like a single package that could go from CAD to solver with just a few clicks? and if you could do that would you even want to?!

As experts in the field, I'd welcome your views on how you perceive CFD will change and what you'd really like to get from CFD in 10 years time.

Many thanks for your help.