Simulation for Fire Safety

In a new interview on the website of SICOS BW (interview in German), Dr. Susanne Killian of engineering firm hhpberlin discusses how she uses HLRS’s high-performance computing power and know-how to design her projects more effectively.

Trained as a computational scientist, Dr. Killian has run simulations on HLRS’s Hawk supercomputer to better understand how to minimize danger from fires in buildings. In order to determine whether a building meets legal requirements for fire protection, she has developed and applies software called the Fire Dynamic Simulator, which models the spread of fire and smoke. Complex algorithms running on Hawk make it possible to fight fires before they break out, producing reliable predictions of how fires might arise and spread, and identifying strategies to prevent or extinguish them most effectively.