Simulation of unsteady two-dimensional inviscid flow fields around geometrically complex objects
Abstract
Numerical solutions are obtained for unsteady inviscid two-dimensional flows around objects of complex geometric shape. The unsteady Euler equations are solved using an explicit finite-volume method based upon MacCormack's explicit method with flux-vector splitting. The equations are solved on a body-fitted multizone computational grid that allows for discontinuous grid lines at zone interfaces and time-dependent translation of a subset of the zones. The multizone solution procedure is implemented in a computer code called ZEUS/2D. This code is applied to several flows to validate and demonstrate the multizone solution procedure. The multizone solution procedure is shown to be useful and accurate for solving engineering problems with complex geometries.
- Publication:
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AIAA, SAE, ASME, and ASEE, 21st Joint Propulsion Conference
- Pub Date:
- July 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985jpmc.confQ....P
- Keywords:
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- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Computational Grids;
- Flow Geometry;
- Inviscid Flow;
- Two Dimensional Flow;
- Unsteady Flow;
- Eigenvalues;
- Euler Equations Of Motion;
- Finite Volume Method;
- Vector Analysis;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer