Evaluation of complimentary CFD solvers for the create™-AV kestrel framework: KCFD and COFFE

Benjamin P. Hallissy, Ryan S. Glasby, J. Taylor Erwin, Douglas Stefanski

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Abstract

A comparison is conducted between HPCMP CREATE™-AV Conservative Field Finite Element (COFFE) and KCFD (Kestrel) for five specific two and three-dimensional turbulent flow cases. The comparison is conducted by a member of the HPCMP CREATE™-AV Quality Assurance (QA) team, and the specific cases are the 2-D subsonic flow around a NACA0012 and NACA4415 airfoil, 2-D supersonic flow downstream of a base, 3-D sphere at low Reynolds numbers, 3-D transonic flow around an ONERA M6 wing, and a complex but generic fighter configuration. For each case, identical meshes and parallel supercomputer resources are utilized for each CFD tool. Robustness, accuracy and performance are the metrics for comparison Specifically, convergence rates, wall-clock execution time, air vehicle forces (lift and drag) coefficients of pressure, and relevant contours are compared and presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
ISBN (Print)9781624103933
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2016 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Jan 4 2016Jan 8 2016

Publication series

Name54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Conference

Conference54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period01/4/1601/8/16

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