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. Forward and adjoint solutions for wind turbine
2. Forward and adjoint solutions for aeroelastic F-15
3. Simulation of biologically-inspired flapping wing
4. Notional unducted engine with counter-rotating blades
5. Recent scaling study on ORNL XK6 system
6. More applications posters
7. Animation of Landing Gear Simulations
8. Computational Schlierens for Supersonic Retro-Propulsion
9. Time-dependent discrete adjoint solution for UH60 helicopter in forward flight
10. Fuselage effects for UH60 helicopter
11. Mesh adaptation for RANS simulation of supersonic business jet
12. More applications posters
13. Horizontal axis wind turbine
14. BMI's Mike Henderson describes the role of CFD and HPC in tractor-trailer analysis and design
15. Computational Schlieren for Unsteady Simulation of Launch Abort System
16. Computational vs Experimental Schlieren for Supersonic Retro-Propulsion
17. More Smart Truck Simulations at BMI Corporation
18. More recent applications at AMRDEC
19. Hypersonic Winnebago Simulation
20. Flight Trajectories for Various Rocket Geometries
21. Supersonic Retro-Propulsion
22. Smart Truck Simulations at BMI Corporation
23. Ongoing Improvements in Computational Performance
24. Long-duration Landing Gear Simulations
25. Design of Tiltrotor Configuration
26. Design of F-15 with Simulated Aeroelastic Effects
27. FUN3D and LAURA v5 STS-2 heating comparisons
28. Recent applications at AMRDEC
29. DES ground wind simulation on ARES configuration
30. Modified F-15 with Propulsion Effects
31. Mars Science Laboratory
32. Propulsion-Related Test Cases
33. Recent Applications at BMI Corporation
34. Applications Posters ←
35. Mars Phoenix Lander
36. CLV Analysis
37. Robin Helicopter
38. Dynamic Overset Grid Demonstration Using A Simple Rotor/Fuselage Model
39. Hypersonic Tethered Ballute Simulation
40. Time-Dependent Oscillating Flap Demonstration
41. Adjoint-Based Adaptation Applied to AIAA DPW II Wing-Body
42. Adjoint-Based Adaptation Applied to High-Lift Airfoil
43. Trapezoidal High-Lift Wing
44. Adjoint-Based Adaptation Applied to Supersonic Double-Airfoil
45. Partial-Span Flap
46. Mach 24 Temperature-Based Adaptation of Space Shuttle Configuration in Chemical Nonequilibrium
47. Line Construction for Line-Implicit Relaxation
48. Biologically-Inspired Morphing Aircraft
49. Mars Flyer
50. Support for QFF Tunnel Experiment
51. Combined FUN3D/CFL3D F-18
52. Adjoint-Based Adaptation for 3D Sonic Boom
53. Unsteady Space Shuttle Cable Tray Analysis
54. Adjoint-Based Design of Indy Car Wing
55. 3D Domain Decomposition
56. Mesh Movement Strategies
57. High-Lift Computations vs Experiment
58. Various 2D Adjoint-Based Airfoil Designs

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Application #34. Applications Posters