Electrical Engineering
Universität Stuttgart
Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme
The Institute of Space Systems (IRS) and the Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics (IAG) at the University of Stuttgart cooperatively develop the particle simulation tool "PICLas", a flexible simulation suite for the computation of three-dimensional plasma flows. The tool enables the physically-accurate numerical simulation of non-equilibrium plasma and gas flows. The applications range from the atmospheric entry of spacecraft to laser-plasma interaction in material sciences. The high-fidelity numerical approach allows detailed insights in the prevalent physical phenomena and is made feasible by high-performance computing. Five different sub projects will be investigated with the PICLas code, where new methods with a specific focus on the application of the software on high-performance clusters will be developed and implemented.