BMW Group is the world’s largest manufacturer of premium vehicles. With production facilities in 13 countries and sales operations in 41 global territories, the parent company of the BMW*, MINI* and the Rolls Royce* brands has set the gold standard for vehicle quality the world over.
Challenge
- BMW relentlessly strives to improve next generation vehicle design. For example, fuel economy, wind-noise reduction and vehicle handling are areas it endeavours to advance and refine. Critical to this process is the detailed scrutiny of complex air and fluid flows as they move in and around vehicle bodies.
- This analysis is achieved through the use of the extremely sophisticated simulation software, PowerFLOW* from Exa Corporation*.
- PowerFLOW software mimics fluid flow and airflow by representing and analysing information in millions of microscopically small cells. The number of cells used can be adjusted, but the more cells used the more information garnered. It’s extremely computing intensive and needs a system that provides outstanding speed and muscle.
Solution
- By deploying 2 HP Integrity* Superdome powered by the Intel® Itanium processor 9000 series, BMW was able to carry out twice the number of simulations in the same length of time it previously took to carry out one.
- More efficient and faster simulations lead to quicker prototype design, enabling BMW to maintain its market leading position.
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