High Performance Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) Modeling Services for Highway Research

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General Information
Solicitation Number: 1353
Former Study Number:
Status: Solicitation withdrawn
Date Posted: May 22, 2013
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2015
Solicitation Expires: May 22, 2015
Partners: FHWA
Lead Organization: Federal Highway Administration
Financial Summary
Suggested Contribution:
Commitment Start Year: 2013
Commitment End Year: 2017
100% SP&R Approval: Approved
Commitments Required: $100,000.00
Commitments Received: $51,392.00
Estimated Duration Month: 60
Waiver Requested: No
Contact Information
Lead Study Contact(s): Kornel Kerenyi
kornel.kerenyi@dot.gov
FHWA Technical Liaison(s): Kornel Kerenyi
kornel.kerenyi@dot.gov
Phone: 202-493-3142
Organization Year Commitments Technical Contact Name Funding Contact Name Contact Number Email Address
Federal Highway Administration 2014 $51,392.00 Kornel Kerenyi Kornel Kerenyi 202-493-3142 kornel.kerenyi@dot.gov

Background

The Federal Highway Administration established an Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA) with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Transportation Analysis Research Computing Center (TRACC) to get access and support for Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) modeling for highway research conducted at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC). TRACC was established in October 2006. The technical objectives of TRACC included the establishment of a high-performance computing center for use by U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) research teams, including those from Argonne and their university partners. The essential resources for transportation infrastructure research and analysis at TRACC are its High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and expert staff in the areas of and computational structural/soil mechanics (CSM). Currently TRACC has two HPC clusters. The five year old Phoenix cluster is a customized system consisting of 1024 cores on 128 compute nodes, each with two quad-core AMD Opteron CPUs and 8 GB of RAM; The new HPC Zephyr cluster became available for use in October 2012. Zephyr (2944 core) is a 92 compute node cluster with each node having 2 AMD Interlagos 6273, 2.3 GHz CPUs with 16 integer cores and 8 floating point cores. TRACC researchers have developed methodologies and software applications to more easily run CSM software (LS-DYNA) on TRACC’s systems. The TRACC team has also held workshops and many training classes to train TRACC users in the use of these software packages for analysis of transportation infrastructure problems. The operation of high-performance computing platforms is particularly effective in Argonne’s context of operating some of the fastest computers in the world, co-located with TRACC’s HPC clusters. This proximity ensures access to high levels of expertise in case of hardware malfunction, and other service disruptions, as well as integration into a large-scale computing center operation. TRACC will purchase, install and maintain the newest versions of the LS-DYNA CSM software used by the TRACC staff and external transportation researchers. In cooperation with the software developers, TRACC will report and resolve any issues related to software bugs or malfunctioning. As part of this objective, the TRACC team will also maintain and improve scripts that are used in conjunction with the CSM software on TRACC’s HPC clusters. The Transportation Pooled Fund study shall allow State Departments of Transportation to get access to High Performance Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) computing capabilities for highway research activities at TRACC using the Inter-Agency Agreement. State DOT shall transfer funds to FHWA using the TPF study. FHWA will then add the funds to the Inter-Agency Agreement. This will allow TRACC to conduct the State DOT’s research activity.

Objectives

The objective of these pooled funds is to provide research and analysis for a variety of highway research projects managed or coordinated by State DOTs; to provide and maintain a high performance Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) computing environment for application to highway infrastructure and related projects; and to support and seek to broaden the use of CSM among State Department of Transportation employees.

Scope of Work

Task 1: Computational Mechanics Research on a Variety of Projects: The TRACC scientific staff in the computational mechanics focus area will perform research, analysis, and parametric computations as required for projects managed or coordinated by State DOTs. Task 2: Computational Mechanics Research Support: The TRACC support team consisting of highly qualified engineers in the CSM focus areas will provide guidance to users of CSM software on an as needed or periodic basis determined by the State DOTs. Task 3: Computing Support: The TRACC team will use the TRACC clusters for work done on projects; The TRACC system administrator will maintain the clusters and work closely with the Argonne system administrator’s community; The TRACC system administrator will also install the latest versions of the LS-DYNA CSM software and other software that may be required for accomplishing projects.

Comments

Comments: Recommended funding $500,000; Performance Period 60 month; Suggested contribution: $15,000/year. The Federal Highway Administration will serve as the coordinator for this pooled-fund project. State DOT's will be solicited for their interest and participation to receive Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) modeling services for highway research for State DOT employees.

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High Performance Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) Modeling Services for Highway Research

General Information
Solicitation Number: 1353
Status: Solicitation withdrawn
Date Posted: May 22, 2013
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2015
Solicitation Expires: May 22, 2015
Partners: FHWA
Lead Organization: Federal Highway Administration
Financial Summary
Suggested Contribution:
Commitment Start Year: 2013
Commitment End Year: 2017
100% SP&R Approval: Approved
Commitments Required: $100,000.00
Commitments Received: $51,392.00
Contact Information
Lead Study Contact(s): Kornel Kerenyi
kornel.kerenyi@dot.gov
FHWA Technical Liaison(s): Kornel Kerenyi
kornel.kerenyi@dot.gov
Phone: 202-493-3142
Commitments by Organizations
Agency Year Commitments Technical Contact Name Funding Contact Name Contact Number Email Address
Federal Highway Administration 2014 $51,392.00 Kornel Kerenyi Kornel Kerenyi 202-493-3142 kornel.kerenyi@dot.gov

Background

The Federal Highway Administration established an Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA) with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Transportation Analysis Research Computing Center (TRACC) to get access and support for Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) modeling for highway research conducted at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC). TRACC was established in October 2006. The technical objectives of TRACC included the establishment of a high-performance computing center for use by U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) research teams, including those from Argonne and their university partners. The essential resources for transportation infrastructure research and analysis at TRACC are its High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and expert staff in the areas of and computational structural/soil mechanics (CSM). Currently TRACC has two HPC clusters. The five year old Phoenix cluster is a customized system consisting of 1024 cores on 128 compute nodes, each with two quad-core AMD Opteron CPUs and 8 GB of RAM; The new HPC Zephyr cluster became available for use in October 2012. Zephyr (2944 core) is a 92 compute node cluster with each node having 2 AMD Interlagos 6273, 2.3 GHz CPUs with 16 integer cores and 8 floating point cores. TRACC researchers have developed methodologies and software applications to more easily run CSM software (LS-DYNA) on TRACC’s systems. The TRACC team has also held workshops and many training classes to train TRACC users in the use of these software packages for analysis of transportation infrastructure problems. The operation of high-performance computing platforms is particularly effective in Argonne’s context of operating some of the fastest computers in the world, co-located with TRACC’s HPC clusters. This proximity ensures access to high levels of expertise in case of hardware malfunction, and other service disruptions, as well as integration into a large-scale computing center operation. TRACC will purchase, install and maintain the newest versions of the LS-DYNA CSM software used by the TRACC staff and external transportation researchers. In cooperation with the software developers, TRACC will report and resolve any issues related to software bugs or malfunctioning. As part of this objective, the TRACC team will also maintain and improve scripts that are used in conjunction with the CSM software on TRACC’s HPC clusters. The Transportation Pooled Fund study shall allow State Departments of Transportation to get access to High Performance Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) computing capabilities for highway research activities at TRACC using the Inter-Agency Agreement. State DOT shall transfer funds to FHWA using the TPF study. FHWA will then add the funds to the Inter-Agency Agreement. This will allow TRACC to conduct the State DOT’s research activity.

Objectives

The objective of these pooled funds is to provide research and analysis for a variety of highway research projects managed or coordinated by State DOTs; to provide and maintain a high performance Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) computing environment for application to highway infrastructure and related projects; and to support and seek to broaden the use of CSM among State Department of Transportation employees.

Scope of Work

Task 1: Computational Mechanics Research on a Variety of Projects: The TRACC scientific staff in the computational mechanics focus area will perform research, analysis, and parametric computations as required for projects managed or coordinated by State DOTs. Task 2: Computational Mechanics Research Support: The TRACC support team consisting of highly qualified engineers in the CSM focus areas will provide guidance to users of CSM software on an as needed or periodic basis determined by the State DOTs. Task 3: Computing Support: The TRACC team will use the TRACC clusters for work done on projects; The TRACC system administrator will maintain the clusters and work closely with the Argonne system administrator’s community; The TRACC system administrator will also install the latest versions of the LS-DYNA CSM software and other software that may be required for accomplishing projects.

Comments

Comments: Recommended funding $500,000; Performance Period 60 month; Suggested contribution: $15,000/year. The Federal Highway Administration will serve as the coordinator for this pooled-fund project. State DOT's will be solicited for their interest and participation to receive Computational Structural/Soil Mechanics (CSM) modeling services for highway research for State DOT employees.

No document attached.

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