UUGM Code Development

Abstract

The primary objective of SAIC was to develop an unstructured grid algorithm and code that dynamically adapts to the computed solution of the time dependent Euler equations of gasdynamics in two and three spatial dimensions. Important requirements that were imposed on the algorithm were: robustness, accuracy, efficiency, flexibility, and adaptability. The main research and code development effort was focused on achieving these objectives; extensive testing and cods validation effort was undertaken to demonstrate the code's performance for realistic CFD problems. The method is accurate in all flow regimes from subsonic to hypersonic. The main achievement was the development of the AUGUST code Adaptive Unstructured Grid Upwind Second Order for Triangles). AUGUST is implemented for solution of Euler's equations on dynamically adaptive triangular or tetrahedral grids. The code fully implements the Second-Order Godunov method, allowing accurate and robust numerical solution of Euler equations of gas dynamics. A new method was developed for Direct Dynamic Grid Refinement (DDR). The AUGUST code was also implemented for multiphase, multicomponent flows. A combined structured/unstructured version of the AUGUST code was also developed. The AUGUST code was extensively validated for a wide range of problems and has proven to be a robust tool.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 26, 1993
Accession Number
ADA269945

Entities

People

  • Aaron Friedman
  • Adam Drobot
  • Itzhak Lottati
  • Marty Fritts
  • Michael Kress
  • Shumel Eidelman
  • William Grossmann
  • Xiaolong Yang

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physical Theories
  • Thermodynamics
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics