An Immersed Boundary Method Based on Parallel Adaptive Cartesian Grids for High Reynolds Number Turbulent Flow

In this paper, a set of parallelised adaptive hierarchical Cartesian-based immersed boundary methodology is developed for high Reynolds number compressible flow. First, a robust and efficient grid generation method based on the separation axis theorem for arbitrary geometry is presented for automatic Cartesian grid generation. Second, an immersed boundary method (IBM) is presented coupling with wall model for high Reynolds number flow. Third, a parallel strategy is implemented and special treatment is proposed to guarantee large-scale computing. Finally, cell-based adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) technology is used to capture fluid phenomena under different regimes including but not limited to shock waves and vortices. The overall performance of the methodology is tested through a wide range of regimes including transonic and supersonic flow with high Reynolds number in both two and three dimensions. Results are in good agreement with reference data and indicate the capability and robustness of the present methodology.

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In this paper, a parallelised adaptive hierarchical Cartesian-based immersed boundary methodology is developed for high Reynolds number compressible flow. The methodology includes automatic grid generation, immersed boundary method, parallel strategy, and adaptive mesh refinement. Testing on transonic and supersonic flows in different dimensions shows good performance and robustness of the method.