MetaHeuristics interest in CAPE-OPEN is the following:

MetaHeuristics LLC is developing a platform based on CAPE-OPEN into which various simulation components for ITER (the international nuclear fusion project) test blanket modules can be “plugged” and “played”, enabling development of “virtual” TBMs. Such an effort will enable testing of the TBMs since simulations involving TBMs require a hierarchy of electromagnetic, nuclear, thermofluid and thermomechanical codes that must pass information to one another and draw from databases containing information about module materials, properties and geometry.

METAFLOW is a state-of-the-art Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package developed by MetaHeuristics that is based on the next generation lattice Boltzmann algorithms. It can model turbulent, multiphase flows with heat transfer and magnetohydrodynamics. The integration effort involves automation of the information exchange process between METAFLOW, ABAQUS and at later stages ANSYS, neutronics and tritium transport codes. CAPE-OPEN interfaces are being developed for METAFLOW to this end.

Company Profile:
MetaHeuristics LLC develops CFD technology based on lattice Boltzmann methods, and is also actively involved in software development for healthcare applications. Markets served include aerospace, chemical, power and medical industries. The product development is supported through funding from both federal (DOE, NASA, NSF, NRC) and private sources. MetaHeuristics has also in the past worked on text and image recognition, data mining and optimization. Some of the earlier efforts have resulted in the spin-off of a successful e-learning company Mindflash Technologies Inc.

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