Engineering

CFD Simulation of Cylinder Valve Flow

The Automotive and Aerospace Engineering sectors are aggressively moving from physical to virtual prototyping to reduce time-to-market, lower development costs, and to support innovation and environmental sustainability.

Advanced computing is an integral force in this revolution in engineering and product development processes. With its leading-edge Advanced Computing facilities and services, including Virtual Engineering and HMI, Telematics and Embedded Systems, as well as Software Development and HPC Consultancy solutions, VPAC is developing Virtual Product Development strategies that harness the power of current and emerging process technologies.

VPAC combines industry expertise with development-process and supporting technology expertise in order to deliver solutions. VPAC is a trusted collaborator and strategic partner to engineering and research organisations Australia-wide and delivers client-focused tailored solutions and services, linking the expertise of the world’s best of breed software and hardware suppliers with VPAC’s state-of-the-art high performance computing infrastructure.

Capabilities

Clients

VPAC is a trusted collaborator and strategic partner to engineering and research organisations Australia-wide.

  • Futuris Automotive Interiors (formerly Air International)
  • Australian Institute for Commercialisation
  • Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Automotive Technology (AutoCRC)
  • Autoliv
  • BMT-WBM
  • Caterpillar
  • FioMarine
  • GKN Aerospace
  • General Motors Holden
  • Boeing Aerostructures Australia (formerly Hawker de Havilland)
  • Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC)
  • National Polymer Industries
  • NeoPurple
  • Robert Bosch (Australia) Ltd

Contact

For further information regarding VPAC’s Advanced Computing solutions for the Engineering sector, please email engineering@vpac.org or phone +61 3 9647 5433.

Featured Media

Selected case studies. See all 7 case studies for Engineering.

  • GPU-Based Interactive Crash Visualisation
    Visualisation of Automotive Crash Simulations

    The automotive industry is aggressively moving from physical prototyping to virtual prototyping to reduce time-to-market, lower development costs, and to support innovation and sustainability.

  • Aerodynamics modelling
    HPC Cluster for the AutoCRC

    The Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Automotive Technology (AutoCRC) is a research collaboration aimed at delivering smarter, safer and cleaner manufacturing and vehicle technologies to Austra

  • Crash Box MDO
    3D Virtual Engineering Demonstrator

    Multi-disciplinary Optimisation (MDO) is a design method becoming increasingly popular in the automotive industry.