Committee Chair

Hilbert, C. Bruce

Committee Member

Newman, James C., III; Sreenivas, Kidambi; Karman, Steve L., Jr.

Department

Dept. of Computational Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

In this research, an automatic, complex geometry applicable, unstructured curved 2D mesh generation method is developed. Based on this 2D method, an extension to 3D geometries is developed. The methodology of this mesh generation is to provide near-body and off-body meshes by an advancing-layer method to avoid mesh quality problems in transition areas, while using spring models to complement the advancing-layers by smoothing the mesh, especially in medial axis regions. After generating the linear mesh, a higher-order finite-element ready, curved mesh is obtained by deforming the linear mesh through “pipes” using a simple Vector-Adding approach. Different from most curved viscous mesh generation approaches, this method eschews a linear or nonlinear elasticity analogy while still providing positive-Jacobian mesh elements. In addition, the transformation from linear to curved meshes can be achieved by only deforming the necessary edges of the elements near domain boundaries while retaining the remaining non-curved edges to the benefit of numerical solvers. The CFD results of 30P30N airfoil on the curved mesh are given and are in good agreement with the experimental data. Further, a new method for moving boundary problems with viscous mesh layers is also presented. This method is an extension of the mesh generation approach above. It can be used not only for high-order mesh moving but also for high-order mesh generation. Also, based on the curved mesh deformation strategy, the method can handle high-order mesh movement or regeneration with minimal extra computational time compared with linear mesh movement. Several 2D boundary motion cases are tested including boundary translations, boundary rotations, and boundary morphing. The CFD results on the curved mesh after rotation are given and are in good agreement with the experimental data. This technique is also tested through the optimization of an airfoil to achieve a maximized lift and drag ratio. The results demonstrate that this approach can handle large boundary movements while preserving a good mesh quality.

Degree

Ph. D.; A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Date

10-2017

Subject

Numerical grid generation (Numerical analysis); Finite element method -- Data processing

Keyword

Mesh generation; Mesh movement; High-order mesh; Curved mesh; Viscous mesh; Hybrid mesh

Document Type

Doctoral dissertations

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

iv, 133 leaves

Language

English

Rights

https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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