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Development of unstructured dynamic grids for solving unsteady two-dimensional Euler equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Abstract

A method for the solution of the time dependent Euler equations on unstructured grids is presented for unsteady flows about oscillating aerofoils. The flow solver involves a finite volume spatial discretisation and a Runge-Kutta time-stepping scheme. A dynamic mesh algorithm is used for problems where the aerofoil moves and/or deforms. Steady and unsteady results are obtained for single and multi-element aerofoils.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1998 

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