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Aeroelastic computations using algebraic grid motion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

C. B. Allen
C. B. Allen*
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Abstract

Coupling an unsteady flow-solver with a structural model offers the opportunity to simulate aeroelastic behaviour of wings and rotor blades. The moving and deforming surfaces resulting from unsteady simulations require deforming meshes during the simulation, and it is common to use simple interpolation of surface displacements and velocities onto the initial undisturbed mesh. However, aeroelastic simulations can result in large displacements and deformations of solid surfaces, and simple interpolation of perturbations results in poor grid quality and possible grid crossover. A new interpolation technique is presented which is still simple in that it is driven solely by surface motion, but represents rotational effects near the solid surface, to maintain grid quality there. Furthermore, the scheme is fully analytic, so is very cheap computationally and results in grid speeds also being available analytically. Results, in terms of unsteady grid motion and flow solution, show the scheme to be effective and efficient.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 106 , Issue 1064 , October 2002 , pp. 559 - 570
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2002 

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