Parallel universal approach to mesh motion and application to rotors in forward flight

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2126-2149

  Allen, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forward flight; Grid generation; Grid motion; Multiblock; Multigrid; Parallel processing; Rotor flows; Unsteady CFD

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

FORWARD FLIGHT; GRID GENERATION; GRID MOTION;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 33847717040     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1846     Document Type: Article

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