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WHAT WE DO We provide researchers and industry access to world-class supercomputing capabilities and a team of expert computational scientists to ensure that every project achieves top performance.
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As a DOE user facility dedicated to open science, any researcher whose project requires access to large-scale computational resources may apply for time on Mira.
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WE PARTNER TO PRODUCE SCIENCE Our staff helps researchers to tackle more complex problems and create more robust models of everything from jet engines to the human body.
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WE COLLABORATE ON R&D Our co-design partnerships with IBM and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to develop the IBM Blue Gene architecture serve as a model for the development of new supercomputers, including future exascale systems.
ALCF USERS BY AFFILIATION
A wide range of users accessed ALCF resources in 2012.
U.S. Industry
13%
U.S. Government 35%
U.S. University 43%
Non-U.S. 9%
MIRA SPECS
16 Simulations of Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Reactive Gases Alexei Khokhlov (University of Chicago) Deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) and the resulting detonation waves in hydrogen can have catastrophic consequences in a variety of industrial and energy-producing settings, including the production, transportation, and use of hydrogen fuel. Researchers from the University of Chicago are using ALCF resources to advance the design of safer hydrogen fuel systems through groundbreaking simulations of the DDT process for hydrogen-oxygen mixtures in industrial-sized, meter-long pipes.
Earthquake Wave Propagation Simulations Thomas Jordan (University of Southern California)
Earthquake Rupture Dynamics Simulations Thomas Jordan (USC) and Geoffrey Ely (ALCF)
ALCF simulations of large potential earthquakes help seismologists estimate seismic hazard for major populations centers such as Los Angeles. High-fidelity simulations needed to capture wave frequencies most damaging to structures (roughly 2 to 10 Hz) require 3D computational meshes upward of 10 billion elements. This scale of simulation, made possible by machines such as Mira, is better preparing us for the "Big One."
The Southern California Earthquake Center is using numerical models to better understand and simulate earthquake sources. Both naturally occurring sources and those induced by hydraulic fracturing are produced by a spontaneous rupture occurring in an internal surface under the control of dynamically changing stress and friction. Highly refined meshes, and thus heavy computation, are required to capture the important small-scale physical phenomena of such ruptures. This research is carried out in collaboration with ALCF researchers as part of the Mira Early Science Program.
Biological Science 5% Internal and Training 8%
2013 ALCF Projects by Domain
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Computer Science and Mathematics 3%
Energy Technologies 3%
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NODES
786,432
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16 GB
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Materials Science 17%
If you are interested in working with us, contact industry@alcf.anl.gov
Nuclear Energy 2% U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
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Several allocation programs are in place to give you access to our systems. When you collaborate with the ALCF, your project team will have access to a wide range of services and support.
Engineering 16%
Other 1%
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Earth Science 10%
Physics 28%
Researchers from a wide range of disciplines were awarded a total of 5.8 billion core-hours on Mira and Intrepid in 2013.
Chemistry 7%
1600 MHz PowerPC A2 CORES
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