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
   11. Individual Component Force Tracking
   12. Static Grid Transforms
   13. Noninertial Reference Frame
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. Presentations and Other Materials
   3. Development Team
   4. F95 Coding Standard
   5. 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. Introduction
2. Flow Solver
   1. Inviscid flow solve
   2. Turbulent flow solve
   3. Merge VGRID mesh into mixed elements and run solution
3. Grid Motion
   1. Overset Moving Grids
4. 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
   5. Max L/D for steady flow over a wing-body-tail using Sculptor
5. Geometry Parameterization
   1. MASSOUD
   2. Bandaids

Applications

1. More applications posters ←
2. Animation of Landing Gear Simulations
3. Computational Schlierens for Supersonic Retro-Propulsion
4. Time-dependent discrete adjoint solution for UH60 helicopter in forward flight
5. Fuselage effects for UH60 helicopter
6. Mesh adaptation for RANS simulation of supersonic business jet
7. More applications posters
8. Horizontal axis wind turbine
9. BMI's Mike Henderson describes the role of CFD and HPC in tractor-trailer analysis and design
10. Computational Schlieren for Unsteady Simulation of Launch Abort System
11. Computational vs Experimental Schlieren for Supersonic Retro-Propulsion
12. More Smart Truck Simulations at BMI Corporation
13. More recent applications at AMRDEC
14. Hypersonic Winnebago Simulation
15. Flight Trajectories for Various Rocket Geometries
16. Supersonic Retro-Propulsion
17. Smart Truck Simulations at BMI Corporation
18. Ongoing Improvements in Computational Performance
19. Long-duration Landing Gear Simulations
20. Design of Tiltrotor Configuration
21. Design of F-15 with Simulated Aeroelastic Effects
22. FUN3D and LAURA v5 STS-2 heating comparisons
23. Recent applications at AMRDEC
24. DES ground wind simulation on ARES configuration
25. Modified F-15 with Propulsion Effects
26. Mars Science Laboratory
27. Propulsion-Related Test Cases
28. Recent Applications at BMI Corporation
29. Applications Posters
30. Mars Phoenix Lander
31. CLV Analysis
32. Robin Helicopter
33. Dynamic Overset Grid Demonstration Using A Simple Rotor/Fuselage Model
34. Hypersonic Tethered Ballute Simulation
35. Time-Dependent Oscillating Flap Demonstration
36. Adjoint-Based Adaptation Applied to AIAA DPW II Wing-Body
37. Adjoint-Based Adaptation Applied to High-Lift Airfoil
38. Trapezoidal High-Lift Wing
39. Adjoint-Based Adaptation Applied to Supersonic Double-Airfoil
40. Partial-Span Flap
41. Mach 24 Temperature-Based Adaptation of Space Shuttle Configuration in Chemical Nonequilibrium
42. Line Construction for Line-Implicit Relaxation
43. Biologically-Inspired Morphing Aircraft
44. Mars Flyer
45. Support for QFF Tunnel Experiment
46. Combined FUN3D/CFL3D F-18
47. Adjoint-Based Adaptation for 3D Sonic Boom
48. Unsteady Space Shuttle Cable Tray Analysis
49. Adjoint-Based Design of Indy Car Wing
50. 3D Domain Decomposition
51. Mesh Movement Strategies
52. High-Lift Computations vs Experiment
53. Various 2D Adjoint-Based Airfoil Designs

Source Code Activity

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Application #1. More applications posters