Evaluation of the Mississippi State University Computational Fluid Dynamics Code (UNCLE)

Abstract

This report documents efforts, to date, in the transition of the Mississippi State University (MSU), incompressible Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes code (UNCLE). The code is evaluated through replication of previous cases documented by MSU and computation of new cases that include more realistic geometries. A grid-sensitivity study is performed, in which a series of grid types and grid distributions is examined. Comparisons of the computed results with measured data for two submarine hulls are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA331348

Entities

People

  • Judy A. Busby

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Physics
  • Ship Model Basins
  • Skin Friction
  • Submarines
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Trailing Edges

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Marine Hydrodynamics