b'Aerospace | Engineer Innovationset up in Simcenter STAR-CCM+. Usingallowed Trek to fully explore the an optimization workflow predefined inexperiment to make informed decisions the ScaleX environment, Simcenterabout the best drafting techniques for STAR-CCM+ and HEEDS were coupled incompetitive cycling.one simulation, and the job was set to run on 64 high-performance cores. TheA giant leap forwardsimulation used a steady-state Reynolds- Design space exploration and cloud averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS)computing are enabling Treks R&D turbulence model to study aerodynamicprocesses to take giant leaps forward. impact among several riders. As theWhat excites the company most is the HEEDS iterations executed, the analystprospect of its analysts, design could watch each cyclist moving aroundengineers and industrial engineers all within the specified domain, with HEEDSbeing able to brainstorm together more exploring and making visible the trendseffectively and rapidly than ever, thanks and relationships among variables, andto the design insights available within Figure 7: Bicycle pace-line drafting simulation: showing the drag reduction convergingHEEDS and the quick turnaround timesgeometry and overset mesh setup in to a given value. In this way, HEEDSof cloud HPC. n Simcenter STAR-CCM+.HEEDS uncovers previously unknown correlations among design variables and performance attributes, as well as deepening engineers insight into already known phenomena.Figure 8: Simcenter STAR-CCM+ volume rendering of drafting results.33'