Parallel, Gradient-Based Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for Re-entry Vehicle Configurations
- Author:
- Gnoffo, Peter A.
- Published:
- [2006].
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- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Bibb, Karen L., Park, Michael A., and Jones, William T.
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- Two gradient-based adaptation methodologies have been implemented into the Fun3d refine GridEx infrastructure. A spring-analogy adaptation which provides for nodal movement to cluster mesh nodes in the vicinity of strong shocks has been extended for general use within Fun3d, and is demonstrated for a 70 sphere cone at Mach 2. A more general feature-based adaptation metric has been developed for use with the adaptation mechanics available in Fun3d, and is applicable to any unstructured, tetrahedral, flow solver. The basic functionality of general adaptation is explored through a case of flow over the forebody of a 70 sphere cone at Mach 6. A practical application of Mach 10 flow over an Apollo capsule, computed with the Felisa flow solver, is given to compare the adaptive mesh refinement with uniform mesh refinement. The examples of the paper demonstrate that the gradient-based adaptation capability as implemented can give an improvement in solution quality.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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- Document ID: 20060022546.
AIAA Paper 2006-3579.
9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference; 5-8 Jun. 2006; San Francisco, CA; United States. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
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