Current status of the finite-element fluid solver (Coffe) within hpcmp create™-av kestrel

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Material presented in this paper is a product of the Air Vehicles element of the HPCMP CREATE™ program. The authors would like to thank the HPCMP for the many hours of computing time that are so critical for the successful development and validation of COFFE. They would also like to thank Dr. Mike Park at the NASA Langley Research Center for his work modifying REFINE to work with COFFE solutions and AVMesh grids. The authors would also like to thank their colleagues on the CREATE senior management and Kestrel teams for their support and hard work in producing the exceptional HPCMP CREATE™-AV Kestrel product. Specifically, a special thanks goes to Dr. Scott Morton and Dr. Nathan Hariharan as well as Dr. David McDaniel, Mr. David Sears, Dr. Ryan Bond, and Mr. Todd Tuckey.