FUN3D Manual

Chapters

1. Introduction
   1. Background
   2. Capabilities
   3. Requirements
   4. Release History
   5. Request FUN3D
2. Installation
   1. Third-Party Libraries
   2. Compiling
3. Grid Generation
   1. 2D Grid Generation
   2. 3D Grid Generation
4. Boundary Conditions
   1. Boundary Condition List
   2. Value Input Format (Version 11.0)
5. Pre/Post Processing
   1. Grid/Solution Processing with v11.0 and Higher
   2. Sequential Grid Processing
   3. Parallel Grid Processing
6. Analysis
   1. Flow Solver Namelist Input
   2. Running The Flow Solver
   3. Rotorcraft
   4. Hypersonics
   5. Time Accurate – Basics/Fixed Geometry
   6. Time Accurate – Moving Geometry
   7. Overset Grids
   8. Static Aeroelastic Coupling
   9. Ginput.faces Type Input
   10. Flow Visualization Output Directly From Flow Solver
7. Adaptation and Error Estimation
   1. Capabilities
   2. Mesh Movement via Spring Analogy
   3. Requirements and Configuring to use refine
   4. Adjoint-Based Adaptation
   5. Gradient/Feature-Based Adaptation
   6. Error Estimation
8. Design
   1. Getting Started
   2. Setting Up rubber.data
   3. Geometry Parameterizations
   4. The Adjoint Solver
   5. Running the Optimization
   6. Customization
   7. Forward-Mode Differentiation
9. Appendix
   1. Publications
   2. Development Team
   3. F95 Coding Standard
   4. Hypersonic Benchmarks

Training Workshops

1. March 2010 Workshop
   1. Overview
   2. Agenda
   3. Images
2. April 2010 Workshop
   1. Overview
   2. Agenda and Training Materials
   3. Images
3. July 2010 Workshop
   1. Overview
   2. Agenda and Training Materials
4. Future Workshops
   1. Overview

Tutorials

1. Flow Solver
   1. Inviscid flow solve
   2. Turbulent flow solve
   3. Merge VGRID mesh into mixed elements and run solution
2. Grid Motion
   1. Overset Moving Grids
3. Design Optimization
   1. Max L/D for steady flow
   2. Max L/D for steady flow at two different Mach numbers
   3. Lift-constrained drag minimization for DPW wing
   4. Max L/D over a pitching cycle for a wing

Applications

1. Flight Trajectories for Various Rocket Geometries
2. Supersonic Retro-Propulsion
3. Smart Truck Simulations at BMI Corporation
4. Ongoing Improvements in Computational Performance
5. Long-duration Landing Gear Simulations
6. Design of Tiltrotor Configuration
7. Design of F-15 with Simulated Aeroelastic Effects
8. FUN3D and LAURA v5 STS-2 heating comparisons
9. Recent applications at AMRDEC
10. DES ground wind simulation on ARES configuration
11. Modified F-15 with Propulsion Effects
12. Mars Science Laboratory
13. Propulsion-Related Test Cases
14. Recent Applications at BMI Corporation
15. Applications Posters
16. Mars Phoenix Lander
17. CLV Analysis
18. Robin Helicopter
19. Dynamic Overset Grid Demonstration Using A Simple Rotor/Fuselage Model
20. Hypersonic Tethered Ballute Simulation
21. Time-Dependent Oscillating Flap Demonstration
22. Adjoint-Based Adaptation Applied to AIAA DPW II Wing-Body
23. Adjoint-Based Adaptation Applied to High-Lift Airfoil
24. Trapezoidal High-Lift Wing
25. Adjoint-Based Adaptation Applied to Supersonic Double-Airfoil
26. Partial-Span Flap
27. Mach 24 Temperature-Based Adaptation of Space Shuttle Configuration in Chemical Nonequilibrium
28. Line Construction for Line-Implicit Relaxation
29. Biologically-Inspired Morphing Aircraft
30. Mars Flyer
31. Support for QFF Tunnel Experiment
32. Combined FUN3D/CFL3D F-18
33. Adjoint-Based Adaptation for 3D Sonic Boom
34. Unsteady Space Shuttle Cable Tray Analysis
35. Adjoint-Based Design of Indy Car Wing
36. 3D Domain Decomposition
37. Mesh Movement Strategies
38. High-Lift Computations vs Experiment
39. Various 2D Adjoint-Based Airfoil Designs

Source Code Activity

• Webpage

Announcements:

• Public FUN3D Users and FUN3D News email lists available
• Post-doctoral positions with the FUN3D team are currently available in a broad range of research areas. Please contact FUN3D-support@lists.nasa.gov for more information.

Recent Updates:

• Added 2009 IMR note on viscous mesh adaptation and slides from recent work on GPU-based acceleration (jul'10)
• All v11.3 training material from July session at NAVAIR-Pax River online (jul'10)
• Released 11.3-48116 (jul'10)
• Added paper on AIAA DPW-4 results and slides from AIAA High-Lift workshop (jul'10)
• Paper on agglomeration multigrid added (jun'10)
• Paper on turbulence modeling verification and validation added (jun'10)
• Streaming video footage now available for all sessions covered in April training workshop (jun'10)
• Two papers on launch vehicle aerodynamics and aeroelasticity added (jun'10)
• Paper and two presentations added for 2010 AIAA Aeroacoustics meeting and workshop in Stockholm (jun'10)
• Audio/video footage added for 4 additional April training workshop sessions (may'10)
• Audio/video footage now available online for several of the April training workshop sessions; more to come shortly (may'10)
• Released 11.2-46848 (may'10)
• Added 2010 AHS Forum paper on MV-22 tiltrotor simulations (may'10)
• Added April 2009 JANNAF paper citation for unified flux limiter strategy for launch vehicles (may'10)
• Added sections covering the recent training workshops, including the raw training material available for download (may'10)
• Added rocket trajectory applications (may'10)
• Released 11.1-46128 (apr'10)
• Released 11.0-45226 (mar'10)
• Added 2008 aeroelasticity overview paper (feb'10)
• Added US Army publication from AHS Specialist's Conference (jan'10)
• Added several more 2010 Orlando AIAA ASM publications (jan'10)
• Added publication on temporal discretizations (dec'09)
• Added publication on anisotropic adaptation (dec'09)
• Added highlight of Smart Truck simulations at BMI Corporation (dec'09)
• Added highlight of computational performance improvements (oct'09)
• Added long-duration landing gear simulation application (sept'09)

Past Updates:

• Released 10.8-41173 (jul'09)
• Added tutorial on how to merge a tetrahedral VGRID mesh into mixed elements and run a solution (jul'09)
• Added Georgia Tech retropropulsion publication (jul'09)
• Added two unsteady design optimization applications (jul'09)
• Added several 2009 publications (jul'09)
• Added time-dependent adjoint-based design optimization publication (jun'09)
• Updated design optimization documentation and added tutorials (may'09)
• Added Georgia Tech rotorcraft-related thesis (may'09)
• Added Shuttle Orbiter FUN3D-LAURA heating comparison application (may'09)
• Added isolated rotor analysis publication (apr'09)
• Added adjoint-based rotor design in noninertial reference frames publication (mar'09)
• Released 10.7-37110 (feb'09)
• Added multidimensional scheme for hypersonic heating on tetrahedral grids publication (feb'09)
• Added section on solution output directly from flow solver to bypass post processing in party (feb'09)
• Added turbulent OM6-wing flow solve tutorial (jan'09)
• Added inviscid OM6-wing flow solve tutorial (jan'09)
• Added overset, moving-grid tutorial (jan'09)
• Added adjoint-based rotor airfoil design publication from 2000 (jan'09)
• Added node-based vs cell-centered discretizations and enhanced mesh-motion capabilities publications (jan'09)
• Added HRLES model implementation publication (nov'08)
• Added uncertainty analysis for turbulence models in CFL3D and FUN3D publication (nov'08)
• See ongoing study examining consistency of turbulence model implementations in CFL3D and FUN3D (oct'08)
• Added AMRDEC application applications (sep'08)
• Added DES simulation application (sep'08)
• Added publication and PhD thesis (aug'08)
• Added US Army rotorcraft publication (aug'08)
• Added propulsion-related applications (aug'08)
• Added rotorcraft publication (aug'08)
• Released 10.6.0 (aug'08)
• Added 2007 NIA publication (jul'08)
• Added citations for two ARES-related publications (jun'08)
• Released 10.5.0 (may'08)
• Added rotorcraft publication (may'08)
• Added AVR applications work (may'08)
• Added publications (apr'08)
• Added High-Resolution Applications Posters to Application section (apr'08)
• Public email lists: FUN3D Users and FUN3D News (feb'08)
• New support email: FUN3D-support@lists.nasa.gov (feb'08)