Chinese scientists have developed revolutionary software capable of fully simulating the extreme physics of supersonic fuel combustion in just one week.
Previously, the same task could take a supercomputer years to complete, they said.
Developed by a research team led by Yao Wei at the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the software was used to run an ultra-high-fidelity simulation of a scramjet engine in which combustion takes place in supersonic airflow.
It modelled its internal dynamics across hundreds of millions of computational cells – more than 20 times the resolution typical of current global research.
Despite the staggering complexity, the full simulation was completed in only seven days.
This simulation technology has provided critical support for the model design of a classified national project, according to a report on the website of the Institute of Mechanics in January.
