Chapter 1000 Torch Group, the Eternal God (10,000 per Day, Asking for a Monthly Ticket)

March 29, 8pm.

Because it was already the day before the official opening of the conference, all special guests, even those not directly related to the competition, had already arrived in China.

At this time, a group of people were at the backstage of the competition, checking the scoring of the finals with Chang Haonan——

According to the competition rules, the final scores of the finals need to be witnessed by a group of specially invited guests and subject to random inspection.

After confirmation, the awards will be announced and awarded at the conference the next day.

Unlike the preliminary rounds, which have relatively ample time, for most teams, the finals can only be completed about 6-8 hours in advance if there are no problems throughout the process.

As long as the shell is stuck somewhere in the middle, time will appear to be tight.

If we have to rework somewhere, we basically need to consider how to grasp the big and let go of the small.

Therefore, among the more than 60 participating teams, more than 50 submitted their answers in the last half hour before the deadline.

As for that number of early submissions...

After inspection, it was found that it was basically due to a breakdown in mentality.

Fortunately, the total number of teams participating in the finals is not large, so even if they submit together, five hours is still enough to complete most of the scoring work.

"Professor Chang, good evening."

Harold took the initiative and said hello to Chang Haonan.

After some pleasantries, the former suddenly looked around and asked:

"Speaking of which... why didn't you see Professor Jameson today?"

As a relatively unknown scholar, among all the special guests, he almost only knew the two people he met yesterday, so it was not surprising to ask about Jameson.

"Uh... he said he didn't feel very well, so he wanted to go to bed early, so he didn't come to participate in the evening activities."

Chang Haonan barely suppressed his smile and replied with a regretful tone.

Of course, he didn't lie.

Because that's exactly what Professor Jameson said.

However, as the initiator of everything, Chang Haonan knew a little bit about the inside story——

The other party is not feeling well, and most likely he is feeling anxious and angry...

"Uh... then tomorrow's meeting is indeed more important."

Of course, Harold had no idea what was going on and just took it as what it was.

I was still thinking that it was no wonder that when I saw Professor Jameson the night before yesterday, he seemed abnormal.

While the guests were communicating with each other, Meng Weizheng, the head of the referee team on the other side, also stood up from the computer and strode to Chang Haonan:

"Report, all scoring work has been completed!"

As the translator conveyed this sentence, the originally noisy computer room suddenly became quiet.

"Professor Chang, it's getting late. I think... don't whet our appetites and announce the results as soon as possible."

said Professor Suhas Patankar from the University of Minnesota.

As a master of numerical calculations an era earlier than Anthony Jameson, Patankar can be said to be one of the original pioneers of the entire field.

Even now in 2002, his book "Numerical Calculation of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow" is still the top textbook in the field of mass transfer dynamics.

It is only fitting that he should speak on behalf of the special guests.

Chang Haonan had no intention of betraying him at this time.

What's more, what's going to happen next is a masterstroke.

"Lao Meng."

He gestured to Meng Weizheng.

But a trace of hesitation flashed across the latter's face, and he whispered to Chang Haonan in Chinese:

"Mr. Chang, the results of several groups are obviously abnormal. I'm worried...that someone is deliberately causing trouble..."

It has to be said that Meng Wei is really full of vigilance.

It's just that I don't know how to look at the occasion.

Data anomaly?

Abnormal is normal, right?

If everything were to be normal, it would be abnormal...

"Do as I say!"

Chang Haonan said in a deep voice.

In this three-acre area of ​​Torch Group, his prestige is still very effective.

Although Meng Weizheng was still a little worried, he still followed Chang Haonan's instructions and asked the staff to project the results of the game.

For a moment, everyone turned their heads and looked at the curtain on the side of the room.

The most eye-catching thing is naturally the first place.

"JingHang University...103.7 points!"

It must be said that the English names of some schools are purely for setting.

Just like Beijing Hang University.

If foreigners don't understand Chinese, they will have no idea what "JingHang" means.

If you understand...

Then there is no need for an English name.

Fortunately, because of Chang Haonan, JUAA's name is somewhat well-known in the academic world, so it won't really turn a blind eye.

So it was quickly recognized.

"I have read the papers published by Professor Chang. This should be the school where he works."

"Then ranking first is reasonable..."

"Indeed, if you are still Professor Chang's student, then..."

"Probably not. I remember Professor Chang specifically said before that in order to avoid suspicion, his research group did not sign up for this competition."

"..."

In the discussion among everyone, the list on the curtain slowly slid down, and the subsequent rankings gradually appeared.

Second place, National Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Third place, MIT.

The scores for both schools were exactly the same, both 100.2.

It’s just that the order of submission differs by less than 10 minutes.

Basically the difference is just luck.

"ISAE...is it the one in France?"

someone asked.

"Of course."

The answerer was a French professor, with a smile in his voice.

Universities in continental Europe are generally not known for their comprehensive rankings, but that doesn't mean they don't have strength.

Fourth place, Samara State Aerospace University, 99.8 points.

Fifth place, Cranfield University, 99.4 points.

Sixth place, Bingcheng University of Technology, 98.9 points.

…

The ones at the top of the list, except for a few Chinese names that occasionally flashed by, are basically schools that have already enjoyed a great reputation in the world.

Therefore, everyone is not surprised.

Only occasionally did the crowd burst into applause when the school where one taught appeared.

No. 12, Ohio State University, 85.4 points

"oh……"

Suddenly seeing Professor Harold from his school, he subconsciously covered his mouth, but still let out a exclamation.

Not many people present knew him, but when they saw this scene, they naturally understood that this was his school, so they gave him a polite round of applause.

The atmosphere seemed very harmonious for a time.

until…….

"etc!"

When the list scrolled down to number 20, a voice suddenly sounded:

"So far, I haven't seen Stanford University, which is ranked first in the preliminary round, and the Minnesota Twins, which is ranked third?"

In one sentence, it was almost earth-shattering.

Meng Wei, who was not far away, trembled when he heard these words——

This is what he just said about abnormal grades.

"I don't think I saw it either..."

"really……"

"But this is already after 20th place, with only 74.2 points... It is impossible for the two schools ranked in the top three in the preliminary round to perform abnormally together in the finals, right?"

The originally joyful atmosphere suddenly became a little more subtle.

Since MIT ranks third, and there are two other universities from the United States in the top ten, it is absolutely impossible that the organizers are targeting the United States.

And with so many schools experiencing major decline in performance, it is obviously unlikely to be due to cheating in the preliminary exams.

However, who could be the special guest? Someone soon saw the clues:

"It seems...none of the schools that used COMSOL to submit engineering documents in the preliminary rounds were seen?"

Now, the mystery is undoubtedly solved.

More than a dozen sharp eyes suddenly looked at Chang Haonan.

Even Professor Harold was a little hesitant at this time.

"Professor Chang."

Finally, the respected Patanka stood up:

"I think there was something clearly wrong with the result of the final."

The meaning is obvious——

You are a business owner, take advantage of the host country, play a little side game, and promote your own products. Everyone can understand this and won't say anything.

But it would be too ugly to target competitors without even acting.

For Chang Haonan, who is doing a full set of acting, he naturally has to accompany them to continue acting:

"I agree with Professor Patankar."

He turned his hand away and glanced over the group of people without timidity:

"So, it is recommended to investigate strictly!"

This reaction with a dignified face and awe-inspiring righteousness was obviously beyond the expectations of others.

Even Patanka was a little confused. After being stunned for a while, he said:

"Then... after all the rankings are released, we will check the result documents submitted by those schools. You should have no objections, right?"

Chang Haonan said in his heart that I have no objection, I am just waiting for your words.

check! Check it quickly!

I can't let you out until the results are found...

Of course, on the surface he still nodded with a serious look and replied in a decisive tone:

"Of course I have no objection."

"We must figure out why there is such a big difference in results between the preliminary rounds and the finals!"

After such a small disturbance, 40 people finally came to the back of the curtain.

Starting from the 43rd place, the results column is not marked with numbers.

But N/A.

No valid scores.

The two schools just discussed appear in this list.

"No results?"

This result was completely beyond the expectations of everyone except Chang Haonan.

What they originally thought was that the organizers would give a super low score to the participating groups using COMSOL.

But having no results would be a bit outrageous.

Either it was not submitted at all, or there was a fatal problem in some crucial step.

Otherwise, there will be some distinction between high and low.

At this time, everyone was a little hesitant about the judgment just made.

Even if Chang Haonan really wanted to cause trouble, he was not a fool.

How is it possible to use this method to see the problem at a glance?

For a moment, the entire computer room fell into silence.

In the end, Chang Haonan, who really couldn't hold himself back, took the initiative to speak:

"Everyone, time is tight, let's start checking!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for anyone else to react, he turned back to look at Meng Weizheng:

"Pick out the answers submitted by all teams after the 43rd place!"

"Yes!"

The latter saw that Chang Haonan could still give instructions in an orderly manner at this time, and finally realized that his boss might have planned it in advance.

Therefore, this time, he did not hesitate at all and directly opened the first engineering file as he was told.

However, this one really did not use COMSOL.

It was the software of Torch Group.

A group of bigwigs saw the problem in less than 3 minutes-

At the beginning, they got the physical state wrong, and then made a lot of low-level mistakes in the process of correction. In the end, probably because of the mentality, they directly submitted an incomplete result one day in advance.

Because it was submitted early, it ranked first among N/A.

Next, it was the second one.

It was still the software of Torch Group...

This was a bit embarrassing.

The situation was similar to the first one, and only half of it was done and then submitted as a semi-finished product.

...

It was not until the fourth one that I finally got a file with the extension .cmph.

After opening it, even the style of painting was different from the previous ones.

At first glance, the content of the file is very complete, and even tests have been conducted on multiple different modelings...

"How could this be..."

Someone blurted out subconsciously, wanting to say how could there be no results.

But halfway through the words, they got stuck in their throats.

Because everyone noticed.

Although the idea of ​​dealing with the problem is very reasonable, and there are no major problems with the programming and the choice of calculation methods.

But the most important thing is missing--

results.

Not only is there no final result.

There is not even a result of testing the modeling in the middle.

Numerical calculation competitions are not college entrance examinations, and there are no steps to score.

So there is no result, and the score is N/A, which is very reasonable.

"But why..."

Harold's brain was a little burned:

"Why don't they calculate the results?"

He had no doubt that with the quality of this answer, as long as a relatively accurate result was obtained, even if it was not all, he should be able to get a good ranking.

"Let's take a look at the back first."

Patanka waved his hand to stop Harold from continuing.

At this time, his eyes had gradually changed from suspicion to curiosity.

The back one is Stanford University, which everyone is most concerned about.

Program loading...

Everyone almost subconsciously held their breath.

After a minute that seemed as long as a year, the project file was opened.

The situation was almost the same as the previous group.

Their ideas were clearer and the content was more complete.

But again, there was no result.

The third, fourth, fifth...

Gradually, some people began to realize that something was wrong.

It was impossible for the submitted answers to be swapped.

So, if one or two of them calculated with COMSOL had no results, it could be considered a coincidence.

But all the answers submitted with COMSOL had no results, while others, Torch Group and ANSYS, were all normal...

The problem was obviously with the calculation tools.

As a big man who started his career in mass transfer dynamics, Professor Patankar did not waste words and directly asked the staff to switch to the operation log.

Even among the special guests, few people could analyze the log files directly with their naked eyes like Chang Haonan.

But Patankar was indeed one of them.

He saw the essence directly through the phenomenon:

"That is to say... COMSOL Multiphysics software, when calculating the viscoelastic constitutive equation... at least the specific viscoelastic constitutive equation... there will be abnormal numerical oscillations, which will eventually lead to divergent results!"

He turned around and looked at Chang Haonan.

But this time, he used a tone of inquiry and verification.

If this is true, then the applicability of COMSOL in two-phase flow, and even the entire chemical and energy fields, will be questioned.

At this time, Chang Haonan could no longer control his expression. He pinched his thighs a few times to barely hold back his laughter and put on a shocked face:

"It looks... like this."

"But... this... if this is a bug, it should have been discovered during the internal testing phase, right?"

To be fair, his acting skills are not very good.

But at this moment, everyone is also in the initial shock, so there are no loopholes yet.

"And..."

Chang Haonan adjusted his mentality and continued his performance:

"And this kind of problem...can't it be solved by using constitutive equations that do not involve diffusion terms?"

"Could it be that COMSOL...hasn't done any research in this area?"

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Everyone felt that something was wrong -

This is COMSOL's technical route, why do you Torch Group seem to know more about it than the original owner?