Supercomputing Project Visualizes Key Purdue Role

HAMMOND, Ind. — Wear and tear inside a blast furnace is a big worry for steel makers. Finding a way to halt erosion to the walls of the huge kettles, where raw materials are melted down so steel can be made, could save the steel industry big bucks in repair work and production slowdown.

It's one of the problems academics hope to tackle using a network of supercomputers being established by three Indiana universities and the U.S. Department of Energy in a $6.5 million federally funded project.

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