Case Study: TU Delft reduces aeroacoustic noise with SURF’s Snellius supercomputer

TU Delft - Customer Case Study

TU Delft, a university researching aeroacoustics, faced the challenge of simulating the noise generated by airflows around objects like aircraft and wind turbines. These large, detailed simulations required enormous computing power that ordinary desktop computers could not handle. To overcome this, they turned to SURF and utilized its national supercomputer service, Snellius.

By using SURF's Snellius supercomputer, the researchers were able to run complex simulations that were previously infeasible, such as modeling the interaction between multiple propellers. This provided a better understanding of aeroacoustic behavior, enabling the development of quieter designs for aircraft landing gear, wind turbine blades, and urban air mobility vehicles. The immense computing power of SURF's service made this critical research into reducing environmental noise pollution possible.

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