I3G VIRGO The Interactive Graphics for Geometry Generation Program and the Visual Interactive Rapid Grid Generation Program (User's Manual)

Abstract

Advances in the computational aerodynamics field have provided the aerospace community with tools to analyze complex configurations in a wide variety of flight regimes. Attempts to apply these analysis tools to specific problems, however, have indicated that the process of geometry generation and manipulation is often the most time consuming part of a computational aerodynamic analysis. Recognizing the need for rapid geometric modeling, the Interactive Graphics for Geometry Generation Program (I3G) was developed under Air Force contract F33615-84-C-3001 and the Visual Interactive Rapid Grid Generation Program (VIRGO) was later developed by Lt. David Amdahl of WRDC/FIMM. These programs have been modified, expanded and combined, over the past several years into a tool capable of performing very complex manipulations of geometric configurations. I3G/VIRGO, is designed to aid the engineer in the generation, manipulation, and output of computational aerodynamic models for a variety of flow solvers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA238837

Entities

People

  • Howard T. Emsley

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamics
  • Air Force
  • Biodiesels
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Far Field
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geometry
  • Horizontal Stabilizers
  • Interactive Graphics
  • Operating Systems
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trailing Edges
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computer Science.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development

Technology Areas

  • Space