• Title of article

    A Navier-Stokes Solver for Compressible Turbulent Flows on Quadtree and Octree Based Cartesian Grids

  • Author/Authors

    Kara, E University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey , Kutlar, A. İ University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey , Aksel, M. H Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    539
  • To page
    549
  • Abstract
    Cartesian grids represent a special extent in unstructured grid literature. They employ chiefly created algorithms to produce automatic meshing while simulating flows around complex geometries without considering shape of the bodies. In this article, firstly, it is intended to produce regionally developed Cartesian meshes for two dimensional and three dimensional, disordered geometries to provide solutions hierarchically. Secondly, accurate results for turbulent flows are developed by finite volume solver (GeULER-NaTURe) with both geometric and solution adaptations. As a result, a “hands-off” flow solver based on Cartesian grids as the preprocessor is performed using object-oriented programming. Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model added Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes equations are solved for the flows around airfoils and wings. The solutions are validated and verified by one two dimensional and one three dimensional turbulent flow common test cases in literature. Both case studies disclose the efficaciousness of the developed codes and qualify in convergence and accuracy.
  • Keywords
    Spalart-Allmaras (SA) turbulence model , RANS equations , Object-oriented programming , Turbulent flows , Finite volume solver , Cartesian grid generation
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2019
  • Record number

    2467348