Conference Proceedings of Applications of Mesh Generation to Complex 3-D Configurations Held at the Specialists' Meeting of the Fluid Dynamics Panel in Leon, Norway on 24th-25th May 1989
Abstract
The AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel sponsored this Symposium to provide a survey of the capabilities of the CFD community for griding complex 3-D configurations. The intent was to provide some insight to the present state of grid generation for complex configurations to help assess whether this task presents a long-term stumbling block to the routine use of CFD in aerodynamic applications. To this end, the meeting was structured in five sessions: General Surveys, Algebraic Grid Generation, Block Structured Meshes, Multiblock-Adaptive Meshes and Unstructured Meshes. Twenty-two papers from these sessions amply demonstrated that the viability of a numerical solution depends directly on the quality of the mesh and surface representation as measured by its spacing an resolution. Of particular interest was the mesh generation for complex configurations, such as advanced fighter or transport aircraft, missiles and space vehicles, where complex geometries and /or complex flowfields have to be analysed. Results form this meeting indicate that geometry discretization and generation of meshes for complex 3-D configurations in aerospace will continue to be time- and cost-consuming operations for some time to come. Keywords: Grids (coordinates); Aerodynamic configurations; Computation; Three dimensional flow; Fluid dynamics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA221593
Entities
People
- David L. Whitfield
- Gilbert Ranoux
- J. Hauser
- J. P. Steinbrenner
- Joe F. Thompson
- Lars-erik Eridsson
- M. Goutines
- Peter R. Eiseman
Organizations
- AGARD