The exemplary “Turbine Simulation” application scenario is implemented in the project in order to demonstrate the gain in productivity enabled by the use of the AeroGrid environment and to prepare its long-term utilisation after the end of the project. The scenario is based on the currently most urgent requirements in research collaboration, and divided into three part scenarios:

• Use of computing resources via the AeroGrid: Today, aerodynamic engine component design is unimaginable without the support of CFD simulations. Simulation results must be available for evaluation and further optimisation by the next day if the workflows established in development are not to be impeded. The latest TRACE software now allows complete components comprising of sometimes more than 30 blade passages and 30 million grid points to be calculated in a single simulation. The required computing power however is often not available locally, necessitating the use of grid technology for access to external resources. In cases where the simulation software cannot be installed locally for technical or licensing reasons, grid technology also offers an ideal basis.
  
• Collaboration in designing engine components: Industrial design projects using TRACE codes sometimes require support from the code experts at the DLR Institute for Propulsion Technology. A prerequisite for this is the option implemented in AeroGrid of performing simulation calculations on the same data sets in a cross-location virtual organisation.
• Co-operative further development of TRACE code: Methodical further development of the TRACE simulation code is undertaken in collaboration between the DLR Institute for Propulsion Technology and a number of university institutes. AeroGrid will be creating a joint consistent code base for this collaboration which will make local development results available to all other partners.