Grid refinement using spectral error indicators with application to airfoil DNS
Grid refinement using spectral error indicators with application to airfoil DNS
High-order direct numerical simulations of transitional and turbulent fluid flows require smooth grids with continuous metric terms across block boundaries. In this contribution we present an approach to generate and evaluate structured grids around airfoils with a blunt trailing edge that are continuous up to the second order of derivatives. Dassault Aviation's V2C airfoil is used as a case study, involving 3D as well as 2D simulations that solve the Navier-Stokes equations directly. The reference grid consists of more than one billion points to resolve the transonic flow at a Mach number and Reynolds number of M=0.7 and Re=500,000, respectively. A spectral error indicator uses the Fourier spectrum of cube-shaped subdomains to identify critical regions of the grid, where refinement is needed. If the spectral energy of small-scale fluctuations in the flowfield does not decay faster than a certain minimum rate, it is assumed to be caused by the under-resolution of flow features. This methodology leads to a reduction in computational effort when designing and validating large complex grids. The contribution concludes by describing a best-practice procedure for the full grid generation process, including the refinement strategy.
Structured grids, Error indicator, Direct numerical simulation, Airfoil
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Zauner, Markus
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Jacobs, Christian T
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Sandham, Neil
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2018
Zauner, Markus
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Jacobs, Christian T
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Sandham, Neil
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Zauner, Markus, Jacobs, Christian T and Sandham, Neil
(2018)
Grid refinement using spectral error indicators with application to airfoil DNS.
7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, , Glasgow, United Kingdom.
11 - 15 Jun 2018.
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High-order direct numerical simulations of transitional and turbulent fluid flows require smooth grids with continuous metric terms across block boundaries. In this contribution we present an approach to generate and evaluate structured grids around airfoils with a blunt trailing edge that are continuous up to the second order of derivatives. Dassault Aviation's V2C airfoil is used as a case study, involving 3D as well as 2D simulations that solve the Navier-Stokes equations directly. The reference grid consists of more than one billion points to resolve the transonic flow at a Mach number and Reynolds number of M=0.7 and Re=500,000, respectively. A spectral error indicator uses the Fourier spectrum of cube-shaped subdomains to identify critical regions of the grid, where refinement is needed. If the spectral energy of small-scale fluctuations in the flowfield does not decay faster than a certain minimum rate, it is assumed to be caused by the under-resolution of flow features. This methodology leads to a reduction in computational effort when designing and validating large complex grids. The contribution concludes by describing a best-practice procedure for the full grid generation process, including the refinement strategy.
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Published date: 2018
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7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, , Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2018-06-11 - 2018-06-15
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Structured grids, Error indicator, Direct numerical simulation, Airfoil
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421173
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Markus Zauner
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Christian T Jacobs
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Neil Sandham
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