A FF4EuroHPC Success Story “High-Fidelity CFD Workflow for Optimizing Wind-Assisted Propulsion Systems” was published in the latest Futurities magazine
Oceanwings, a French SME, develops Oceanwings® — an articulated wingsail system that significantly reduces fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for maritime transport. To optimize Oceanwings® for various vessel types and sizes, Oceanwings needed a high-fidelity aerodynamic evaluation method scalable across numerous configurations. Traditional CFD tools posed limits in terms of licensing cost, workflow automation, and scalability.
Within the FF4EuroHPC experiment, a new OpenFOAM-based workflow was developed in collaboration with PoliMi, CINECA, and ToolsPole. The solution integrated a custom command-line interface to automate large-scale CFD simulations on HPC systems. This replaced GUI-based processes with a fully scriptable, batch-oriented system.
