AutoCFD5 presentations and recordings

Presentations and discussions from Bologna, 8–9 October 2026.

38 presentations and discussions across 7 programme sections.
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38 presentations and discussions

This archive follows the workshop programme. Times are shown in CEST. Names and organisations appear as listed in the programme.

Opening and test cases

Meshing

Day 1 8 October 2026 09:55–10:10

Effect of Turbulence Modeling and Automatic Mesh Refinement on the External Aerodynamics of Automobiles

CNRS / Centrale Nantes

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Day 1 8 October 2026 10:25–10:40

Automated Parallel Hex-Dominant Volume Mesh Generation for the DrivAer Notchback Using ChopMesh

Voxshell

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Scale Resolving Simulation

Day 1 8 October 2026 11:40–11:55

Effect of time-step and grid refinement on DDES approach on flow topology and separation behaviour for the DrivAer model

Bramble CFD

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Day 1 8 October 2026 11:55–12:10

Evaluation of Hybrid RANS–LES Scale-Resolving Simulations for the DrivAer Notchback Configuration

ENGYS

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Day 1 8 October 2026 14:10–14:25

Assessment of the open-source CFD code code_saturne on the AutoCFD workshop cases: from steady RANS to hybrid RANS-LES

Simvia / EDF Group

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Day 1 8 October 2026 14:25–14:40

Investigation of the Effect of Targeted Octree Mesh Refinement on WFLES and SBES solutions for the DrivAer Notchback Configuration

Synopsys

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Day 1 8 October 2026 14:40–14:55

The Role of Numerical Scheme Accuracy in WMLES of the Aerodynamics of the Windsor Body

Universitas Mercatorum

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Day 1 8 October 2026 14:55–15:10

Scale-resolving OpenFOAM simulations of the DrivAer case 2 using a novel family of dynamic RANS closures

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

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Day 1 8 October 2026 15:10–15:25

Volcano ScaLES Results for AutoCFD5 Cases

Volcano Platforms

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High Performance Computing

Day 1 8 October 2026 16:15–16:30

GPU-Accelerated Scale Resolving Simulations for AutoCFD5 on Fixed and Adaptive Octrees

Institute for Advanced Study, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University

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Day 1 8 October 2026 16:30–16:45

Detailed comparison of performance and quality between GPU and CPU simulations with OpenFOAM

Upstream CFD

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Noise Factors

Day 2 9 October 2026 09:30–09:45

Quantification of uncertainties from mesh approaches and hardware architecture using PowerFLOW and DrivAer model

Dassault Systèmes

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Day 2 9 October 2026 09:45–10:00

Using Ensemble Averaging to Accelerate Uncertainty Quantification in Automotive Aerodynamics Simulations

Ford Motor Company

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Day 2 9 October 2026 10:15–10:30

Ensemble Averaging Method for Efficient Transient Simulations of External Automotive Aerodynamics

Škoda Auto

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Day 2 9 October 2026 10:30–10:45

Quantifying Noise Factors: Sampling Length and CrossSolver Uncertainty Analysis

Škoda Auto

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Day 2 9 October 2026 11:15–11:30

Revisiting DrivAer Aerodynamics: Updated results integrating Noise Factors and AI

Siemens Digital Industries Software

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AI/ML

Day 2 9 October 2026 12:00–12:15

Impact of Input Quantities on Aerodynamic Predictions Using Geometric Deep Learning

Cadence

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Day 2 9 October 2026 12:15–12:30

IngeniNetSim: Fast and Scalable Geometric Deep Learning for DrivAerML Aerodynamic Prediction

IngeniAI

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Day 2 9 October 2026 12:30–12:45

Spatially Smooth Multi-Granularity Conformal Prediction for Reliable Automotive Aerodynamic Surrogate Modeling

KIT

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Day 2 9 October 2026 13:45–14:00

Trustworthy AI Surrogates for DrivAerML: Cross-Architecture Evaluation, Data-Source Ablation, and Calibrated Uncertainty Quantification

Luminary AI

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Day 2 9 October 2026 14:00–14:15

Single-Pass versus Sequential Multi-Field Prediction with the Courant Neural Surrogate for the DrivAer Case

Pasteur Labs

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Day 2 9 October 2026 14:15–14:30

Data-Centric Large Physics Models for Automotive Aerodynamics: From Architecture to Scalable Training Data

PhysicsX

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Panels and closing

Day 2 9 October 2026 15:15–16:00

TFG Lead Panel Discussion

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