Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI
Fraunhofer SCAI
Fraunhofer SCAI develops innovative methods in Computational Science and actively supports their take-up in industrial practice. The institute combines mathematical and computational knowledge with a focus on algorithms – bringing benefits to customers and partners.
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Software PackAssistant
PackAssistant is a software for optimizing packaging configurations of identical parts in containers. With PackAssistant, the exact 3D arrangement of parts with complex shapes can be calculated and displayed already in the design phase.
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Fast Solvers
In industry, simulations reduce development time. However, growing demands on simulation accuracy lead to increasing computing times. SCAI is developing new technologies to shorten the duration of individual simulation runs.
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Project COMMUTE
Artificial intelligence helps to assess the risk of dementia and neurodegeneration following infection with a coronavirus.
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Machine Learning
Applications of machine learning are a topic in several business areas of Fraunhofer SCAI.
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Closer to Reality
Wind turbines, airplanes and artificial heart valves are examples for structures, whose development requires the solution of coupled fluid dynamics and structural mechanics problems, or – more generally – multidisciplinary problems. The MpCCI CouplingEnvironment provides a framework for the solution of multidisciplinary applications.
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The VMAP Project
aims to gain a common understanding of and interoperable definitions for virtual material models in CAE. Using industrial use cases from major material domains and with representative manufacturing processes, new concepts will be created for a universal material exchange interface for virtual engineering workflows.
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Software AutoBarSizer
Generate optimized layouts for the cutting of stock items, namely steel profiles (metal beams) and other bars and rods.
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Quantum Computing
Quantum computers promise to solve certain problems orders of magnitude faster than conventional digital computers. However, this requires new algorithms and solution methods.
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Creating New Materials
TREMOLO-X is a powerful software package used for the numerical simulation of interactions between atoms and molecules, the molecular dynamics. It provides the environment to design new innovative materials. TREMOLO-X is successfully applied in many projects in nanotechnology, material science, biochemistry and biophysics.
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Software AutoPanelSizer
AutoPanelSizer provides an answer to the question of how to place rectangular parts on rectangular plates as efficiently as possible.
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Software CuboNester
The CuboNester software optimizes the arrangement of cuboid or nearly cuboid parts such as material blocks, boxes, or boards in three dimensions.
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