NUMECA FINE/Turbo 14.1

General upgrades in package
General upgrade is made in the package:
- Use of Parasolid v31.0.203,
- Use of Datakit 2019.1 (for Catia V5 file import),
- Upgrade flow solver compilers: Intel/MPI 2018, OpenMPI 2.1.2 and PGI 18,
- Upgrade Admin Tool v2019.3: display running daemons, detect upgrade of the license server, import and configure the virtual machine patch, start/stop/reread license server from the list.
SSC-EARSM turbulence model
Starting from FINE / Turbo 14.1, the SSC-EARSM turbulence model can be used. The nonlinear turbulence model can be selected in the Flow Model page by choosing EARSM and setting the expert parameter IEARSM to 2.
GPU Acceleration access in the graphical interface
Starting from FINE / Turbo 14.1, Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) accelerated computations can be set up and started from the graphical interface. A new GPU check button is available in the menu Solver/Start… in the FINE / Turbo GUI and also in the Task Manager. The GPU memory mode and the number of graphic card used for acceleration can also be set through the interface.
Solid blocks/groups residuals monitoring
When loading FINE / Turbo 14.1 residuals in the Monitor, only the energy residual is available and displayed by default when the block or group is solid.

Supported platforms and operating systems

NUMECA software is supported in 64 bits on x86_64 processors only (64 bits processors that are compatible with Intel 8086 set of instructions).

Formally tested on
- Windows 8.1 Professional -
- Windows 10 Professional -
- Windows HPC 2012
Also known to run on*
- Windows 7 Professional
- VISTA Business
- VISTA Ultimate
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2016
* Known from partners and/ or customers. No official support offered on these combinations

Multiprocessors calculations

Multiprocessors calculations are allowed on shared and homogeneous distributed platforms. Non-homogeneous configurations are not allowed.

The following limitations additionally apply:
- Multiprocessors calculations are allowed on distributed platforms in local user configurations provided that the same account is used for all machines,
- Domain administrators are not allowed to run multiprocessors calculations.
- MPICH2 library needs Microsoft .net Framework package before installing NUMECA software otherwise execution of mpiexec.exe will lead to a Windows error message.

Hardware requirements

Next to the standard hardware (monitor, keyboard and mouse), some specific recommendations apply in the use of NUMECA software:
- a mouse with scroll wheel is strongly recommended.
- the monitor should support 24-bit color graphics and have a 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution for adequate visualization.
- an Ethernet card should be installed and properly configured.
- NUMECA Software does not support CXFS (Clustered XFS) and IBRIX disk file systems.

Memory and disk space requirements

The Random Access Memory (RAM) required to run NUMECA software depends upon several factors, in particular including the number of grid points inserted in the grid, the physical models selected (turbulence, adaptation,…), the introduction of non-matching boundary conditions and the selected calculation mode (mixed or double precision).

Similarly, a minimum disk space is required on the hard disk to allow the storage of the project files. The size of these files largely depends upon the number of grid points generated.

More product specific details:

FINE/Turbo

As a general guideline, a minimum 100 MB is required to store the mesh and solution file (one file, no full non-matching connections, solution stored after one iteration) when running a one million nodes project.

The memory (RAM) required to run FINE™/Turbo depends upon several factors, in particular including the number of grid points inserted in the grid, the physical models selected (turbulence, optional modules,…) and the introduction of non-matching boundary conditions. The use of minimum 1 GB RAM is strongly recommended. As a general guideline, about 0.5 to 0.7 GB RAM are generally required to run a one million nodes project. Furthermore, the FINE™/Turbo solver has a memory limit of 8.59 GB per process. This is thus the maximum memory requirement for a sequential computation. The suggested swap space should be equivalent to at least 3 times the RAM installed

Graphics requirements

NVidia graphics cards are fully supported, installed together with the latest drivers.

NUMECA software makes use of the advantages of the available Graphics Card. Some trouble may however come up with the default driver OPENGL since it may not be supported by the user host computer and machine display. In order to set the system compatible with a more portable driver, typically MSW driver is used under Windows instead. Note however that the proposed drivers are usually less efficient in terms of graphical speed than the default driver.