Sliding mesh algorithm for CFD analysis of helicopter rotor-fuselage aerodynamics

AHS Specialists Conference on Aerodynamics 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 34-47

  Steijl, R ^a   Barakos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; MESH GENERATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; WIND TUNNELS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUSELAGES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CFD ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL OVERHEADS; MESH ALGORITHMS; MULTIBLOCKS; REMESHING; SLIDING INTERFACES; SLIDING MESH; TEST CASE; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INTERPOLATION PROBLEMS; MINIMAL EFFECTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RELATIVE MOTION; ROTOR BLADES; SLIDING GRID; SLIDING MESH METHODS; SOLUTION QUALITY; TWO DOMAINS; WIND TUNNEL MODELS;

FUSELAGES; HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 58149502788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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