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A linear elasticity mesh mover with adaptive mesh element stiffening for multi-element unstructured grids

  • David A. Brown
  • , Siva Nadarajah
  • , Hong Yang
  • , Patrice Castonguay
  • , Hassan Raiesi
  • , Kurt Sermeus
  • , Patrick Germain
  • McGill University
  • Bombardier Inc.

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Abstract

A linear elasticity mesh movement algorithm is presented for unstructured computational aerodynamic meshes consisting of multiple element types. An adaptive method for incrementally stiffening mesh elements is proposed based on mesh element quality. Mesh element quality is defined as the condition number of the coordinate mapping from the element at the previous increment to the current increment. This definition is adopted as it is applicable to elements of arbitrary shape or size. Augmenting the linear elasticity algorithm with this quality metric is demonstrated to improve the success rate of an implicit flow solver on the moved mesh for two practical three-dimensional test cases of industrial relevance and scale.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
ISBN (Print)9781624105241
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventAIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2018 - Kissimmee, United States
Duration: 8 Jan 201812 Jan 2018

Publication series

NameAIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2018

Conference

ConferenceAIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKissimmee
Period8/01/1812/01/18

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