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Boundary layer mesh generation for viscous flow simulations
Author(s) -
Garimella Rao V.,
Shephard Mark S.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0207(20000910/20)49:1/2<193::aid-nme929>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - polygon mesh , boundary layer , flow (mathematics) , mesh generation , boundary (topology) , computer science , mechanics , geometry , computational science , algorithm , mathematical optimization , mathematics , computer graphics (images) , engineering , mathematical analysis , structural engineering , physics , finite element method
Viscous flow problems exhibit boundary layers and free shear layers in which the solution gradients, normal and tangential to the flow, differ by orders of magnitude. The generalized advancing layers method is presented here as a method of generating meshes suitable for capturing such flows. The method includes several new technical advances allowing it to mesh complex geometric domains that cannot be handled by other techniques. It is currently being used for simulations in the automotive industry. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.