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 10.7)
   3. Value Input Format (Version 10.8)
5. Pre/Post Processing
   1. Sequential Grid Processing
   2. Parallel Grid Processing
6. Analysis
   1. Flow Solver Namelist Input
   2. Boundary Condition Namelist Input
   3. Running The Flow Solver
   4. Rotorcraft
   5. Hypersonics
   6. Time Accurate – Basics/Fixed Geometry
   7. Time Accurate – Moving Geometry
   8. Overset Grids
   9. Static Aeroelastic Coupling
   10. Ginput.faces Type Input
   11. 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

Tutorials

1. Flow Solver
   1. Inviscid flow solve
   2. Turbulent flow solve
   3. Merge VGRID mesh into mixed elements and run solution
2. Adaptation
   1. Testing Solution Gradient-Based Adaptation
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

Examples

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

Source Code Activity

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Example #29. Combined FUN3D/CFL3D F-18