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Efficient grid generation
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Seki, Rycichi |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | Because the governing equations in fluid dynamics contain partial differentials and are too difficult in most cases to solve analytically, these differentials are generally replaced by finite difference terms. These terms contain terms in the solution at nearby states. This procedure discretizes the field into a finite number of states. These states, when plotted, form a grid, or mesh, of points. It is at these states, or field points, that the solution is found. The optimum choice of states, the x, y, z coordinate values, minimizes error and computational time. But the process of finding these states is made more difficult by complex boundaries, and by the need to control step size differences between the states, that is, the need to control the spacing of field points. One solution technique uses a different set of state variables, which define a different coordinate system, to generate the grid more easily. A new method, developed by Dr. Joseph Steger, combines elliptic and hyperbolic partial differential equations into a mapping function between the physical and computational coordinate systems. This system of equations offers more control than either equation provides alone. The Steger algorithm was modified in order to allow bodies with stronger concavities to be used, offering the possibility of generating a single grid about multiple bodies. Work was also done on identifying areas where grid breakdown occurs. |
| File Size | 40918914 |
| Page Count | 126 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890018063 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9t19x18z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Numerical Analysis Algorithms Partial Differential Equations Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational Grids Grid Generation Mathematics Transformations Mathematics Hyperbolic Differential Equations Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
