Elimination of I/O in Optimization Iterations using OpenFOAM Solvers

This project is concerned with eliminating the I/O bottleneck in the geometry optimisation of cooling components using OpenFOAM. The goal of one run of the algorithm is to create the optimal geometry of a cooling component. Each run consists of a sequence of hundreds of OpenFOAM simulations, interleaved with optimisation calls which update the geometry for the next OpenFOAM simulation. The communication between OpenFOAM and the optimiser is via files and is associated with a lot of I/O. The aim of the project is to develop a system that allows to carry out all communication in memory and eliminate the I/O all together. As the I/O increases super-linear with the amount of nodes and the size of the problem its elimination improves the scaling of the approach