Numerical Capabilities
The Lab has access to powerful computers, including Blue Waters at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). In addition, the Lab has Newton, a dedicated computer cluster consisting of 7 nodes each with 8 processing cores and 24 GB of RAM. Several research codes are employed in day-to-day numerical simulations, and include:
- RVRMeander
- PAR GPFEP
- STREMR HySeD
- Illinois Transient Model
- Custom versions of SWMM
- Illinois Urban Hydrology Model
In addition, several commercial or publicly-available codes are used:
- FLOW-3D
- FLUENT
- OpenFOAM
- SWMM
- InfoSWMM
The lab has in-house numerical experts as well as staff programmers.