XMeshGraphNet DrivAerML
XMeshGraphNet-DrivAerML is a pre-trained AI model for automotive external aerodynamics. This model has been trained using the
DrivAerML dataset, that are LES simulations of road-cars of varying geometries. This pre-trained model works by taking the input from a single DrivAerML STL (Standard Tessellation Language) geometry and evaluates a solution on the surface of the vehicle.
This model is ready for commercial use.
License/Terms of Use:
Use of this model is governed by the
NVIDIA Open Model Agreement.
Deployment Geography:
Global
Use Case:
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) engineers accelerating automotive external aerodynamics with AI.
Release Date:
05/01/2026
Reference(s):
Model Architecture:
Architecture Type: Graph Neural Network with message passing blocks,
fully connected blocks, and partitioning with halo.
Network Architecture: The X-MeshGraphNet (X-MGN) is a scalable,
multi-scale extension of MeshGraphNet designed for fast physics simulation.
Its architecture features three technical pillars: Custom Graph Construction
directly from CAD files (e.g., STLs) via point clouds and $k$-nearest neighbors
(KNN); Scalable Partitioning of large graphs with halo regions, where gradient
aggregation ensures the training is mathematically equivalent to processing
the full graph; and a Multi-Scale approach that refines graph resolution to
efficiently capture long-range interactions.
Number of model parameters: 12M
Input:
Input Type(s): Surface mesh (STL nodes and face connectivities) (3D)
Input Format(s): PyTorch Tensor / NumPy array
Input Parameters:
- Surface mesh (STL) coordinates (M, 3), where M is the number of cells in the surface mesh
- Surface mesh normals (M, 3)
Other Properties Related to Input: None
Output:
Output Type(s): Point cloud
Output Format: PyTorch Tensor / NumPy array
Output Parameters:
- Surface pressure (M, 1)
- Wall shear stress (M, 3)
Other Properties Related to Output: The outputs are non-dimensionalized, and then normalized using mean and standard deviation calculated from the training dataset.
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Software Integration
Runtime Engine(s): PyTorch
Supported Hardware Microarchitecture Compatibility:
- NVIDIA Ampere
- NVIDIA Blackwell
- NVIDIA Hopper
- NVIDIA Turing
Supported Operating System(s):
Model Version(s):
Model version: 1.0.0
Training and Evaluation Datasets:
The DrivAerML dataset is used for training and evaluation, which is a publicly available, high-fidelity dataset comprising aerodynamic data for 500 parametrically morphed variants of the DrivAer notchback vehicle. The dataset was generated using hybrid RANSLES (HRLES), a scale-resolving CFD method, which provides time-averaged quantities for each variant. The available data includes surface pressure, wall shear stress, and flow-field quantities, provided in formats compatible with mesh-based analysis (.vtp for surface data and .vtu for flow-field data).10% of the samples are used as the test set, with 20% of the test set consisting of out-of-distribution samples based on drag coefficients. These samples represent extreme cases with the lowest and highest drag coefficients in the entire dataset, which remain unseen by the model during training.
Training Dataset:
Data Modality:
Training Data Size:
- 436 files in VTP format that contain meshes and corresponding physical quantities
Data Collection Method by dataset:
Labeling Method by dataset:
Properties:
The data is a simulation/synthetic dataset generated using the
OpenFOAM CFD solver
to generate flow fields such as velocity and pressure for different car geometries
for the same boundary condition configuration as used to generate the training set.
Evaluation Dataset:
Data Collection Method by dataset:
Labeling Method by dataset:
Properties:
Validation split from DrivAerML dataset with vehicle geometries held out from
training. The full DrivAerML dataset is split as 90% for training
and 10% for validation.
Inference:
Engine: PyTorch
Test Hardware:
- A100
- H100
- L40S
- RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
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