LMS与比利时冯卡门流体动力学研究所（VKI）合作

合作促进气动声学研究，并提升联合咨询能力

比利时，鲁汶 － LMS公司目前宣布，与比利时冯卡门流体动力学研究所（VKI）合作。此次合作将进一步提高双方在气动声学仿真建模和试验方面的研究、开发和咨询能力。LMS公司的数字化振动声学仿真和数据采集技术将与VKI风动试验、测量技术和流体现象建模技术相结合。

VKI在环境和应用流体动力学分析，风动试验技术，测量技术和流体现象仿真领域的技术将有助于LMS公司开发并验证新方法及软件技术。LMS公司在数值振动声学和数据采集领域的发展也为VKI的研究项目提供了很多有价值的信息和应用技术。LMS公司和VKI签署了五年合作协议，将主要在声学和流体动力学方面进行合作。在气动声学和流固耦合的仿真和测试领域，LMS-VKI将重点提高项目咨询能力和研发能力。在气动声学领域，合作将涉及热能、通风和空调项目，此外，流固耦合技术在风噪声传动研究中非常有价值。

“VKI在十多年前就开始了气动声学的研究，主要是将试验和理论相结合起来。得益于LMS声学求解器技术以及我们自身在计算流体动力学方面的专业技术，此次与LMS公司的合作将帮助我们更快更有效地实现计算气动声学（CAA）。我确信LMS和VKI的合作项目将为很多涉及气动声学领域的工业客户提供强有力的支持。VKI的教育项目也会从合作中获益，我们的学生正在做LMS软件的培训，”VKI气动声学组，Jérôme Anthoine说。

LMS工程咨询部和VKI已经在很多项目上进行过合作，例如能源、钢铁、HVAC系统、航空和铁路运输等。

为了更好地进行研究和开发，LMS和VKI最近购买了一套高性能的计算设备——SGI Altix48节点集群，每个1U服务器可以支持12个处理器核（Intel Xeon 2.5 GHz）来进行项目研究。这套设备放置在VKI，负责欧洲的研究项目（SIMVIA2和AETHER）团队可以远程访问并使用这套设备。 

“与VKI的合作将进一步加强了LMS公司的实力。目前，LMS从事流体工程解决方案的研发已超过５年。与著名的VKI合作，能够共同研究气动声学和流固耦合领域，并提升双方的研发能力，”LMS研发部项目负责人Christophe Schram说。
 
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About von Karman Institute:
The von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, founded in 1956, is an international non-profit organization for post- graduate education and research in fluid dynamics. The VKI permanent staff totals about a 100 people, who are spread over 3 departments: Aeronautics and Aerospace, Environmental and Applied Fluid Dynamics, Turbomachinery and Propulsion. The research and training activities are carried out combining experimental, theoretical and numerical approaches, and comprise aeronautical as well as non-aeronautical flow applications for industrial purposes. VKI has a large number of advanced experimental facilities; a total 43 wind tunnels and test rigs, ranging from low speed to hypersonic flows, as well as industrial facilities. Experimental research is complemented by an important activity in the domain of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) which now covers more than 1/3 of the research activities. Three clusters of multi-processor computers are available. Many of the research activities carried out at the VKI are supported by research contracts with industry, governmental or international institutions.