FEA & Hydrocode for HPC
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Hydrocode Powered by High Performance Computing
Accelerate Your Finite Element Analysis & Hydrocode Workflows With Powerful Compute Resources Designed by Engineers, for Engineers
Corvid HPC delivers the CPU and memory capacity needed to solve large, nonlinear, or transient structural problems faster and with greater accuracy. Simulate detailed assemblies, fine meshes, contact interactions, and multiphysics coupling on fea software, such as Ansys Mechanical software, LS-DYNA software, and Abaqus, without compromising turnaround time. Offloading simulations to Corvid HPC also frees your local machines for CAD, meshing, or report generation—so your entire team stays productive.
Applications of Finite Element Analysis
FEA is a powerful simulation technique used to predict how products and systems behave under various physical conditions and environments. FEA software has applications across a wide variety of industries for design validation, performance optimization, and failure prediction. Key applications include:
Product design & structural integrity
Thermal stress & heat transfer
Fatigue & lifecycle durability
Electronics packaging & reliability
Multiphysics coupled problems
Applications of Hydrocodes
Hydrocodes are specialized simulation tools used to model the behavior of materials and structures under extreme loading conditions, such as high strain rates, blast, penetration, and detonation. These solvers are essential for capturing shock physics, material failure, and fluid-structure interaction in highly dynamic events. Key applications include:
Explosive & Impact Loading: Simulate detonation, shaped charge jets, fragment impact, and blast wave propagation.
Penetration & Armor Response: Predict material failure, spallation, and perforation in armor systems and protective structures.
High-Strain Rate Deformation: Model crushing, shearing, and material flow during high-speed impacts or collisions.
Multiphysics Coupling: Analyze interactions between fluids and structures, including air blasts and underwater shock.
Warhead & Munition Design: Support the development and optimization of energetics, liners, and casing configurations under detonation conditions.
Supported FEA Tools
Corvid HPC delivers high-memory, high-core-count infrastructure for Ansys Mechanical software—ideal for large, nonlinear, or multiphysics models. Engineers can increase mesh resolution, solve faster, and explore more design points without straining local workstations.
Native support for Ansys Workbench GUI submissions to the cluster
Run full parametric sweeps and system coupling workflows at scale
Batch submission available via Corvid HPC’s GUI-based tools
Simcenter NASTRAN
Corvid HPC accelerates structural, modal, and thermal analyses with Simcenter™ NASTRAN software by providing instant access to compute resources tailored for large DOF counts and complex models. Cut solve times, reduce queue delays, and focus on engineering insight—not infrastructure.
Run statics, dynamics, or thermal jobs with full batch automation
Preconfigured environments tuned for NASTRAN's parallel performance
Supports industry add-ons like DMAP sequences and superelement workflows
Abaqus
Corvid HPC unlocks the full potential of Abaqus for nonlinear, contact-heavy, or thermomechanical simulations. Run high-fidelity FEA models faster, explore more design variants, and handle complex interactions without hardware limitations.
CLI and GUI submission support for both Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit
Ideal for large assemblies, fatigue modeling, or coupled multiphysics
Accelerate parameter sweeps and optimization studies with parallel execution
Run high-fidelity crash, impact, and blast simulations faster with LS-DYNA software on Corvid HPC. Our platform supports large explicit models with tight coupling, enabling structural dynamics, fluid-structure interaction, and multiphysics workflows at production scale.
Submit from Ansys Workbench or from Corvid submission app
Supports batch and multi-stage job submission for long simulations
Use LS PrePost or other common post processing tools
Supported Hydrocodes
Velodyne
Corvid HPC enables defense and aerospace users to run high-fidelity Velodyne simulations for penetration, blast, and explosive-driven events. Validated through extensive MDA peer review, Velodyne supports mission-critical applications like interceptor lethality, survivability, and IM compliance, with advanced features such as CLE solvers, SPH, and reactive flow modeling for extreme multi-physics scenarios.
Sandia CTH
Corvid HPC empowers researchers and engineers to run CTH simulations focused on shock physics, blast effects, and high-velocity impact. Whether modeling reactive materials or complex target responses, CTH delivers proven predictive performance under extreme conditions.
Sandia Sierra3D
Engineers leverage Corvid HPC to run Sierra3D simulations for structural dynamics under high-rate loading. Ideal for simulating crash, impact, and large deformation problems, Sierra3D offers advanced contact handling and supports complex multiphase material behavior.
LLNL ALE3D
Corvid HPC enables scalable ALE3D simulations that integrate fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, and thermochemistry in a single framework. From explosive-driven events to coupled fluid-structure interaction, ALE3D is trusted for high-fidelity modeling of extreme environments.