Numerically challenging, comprehensive benchmark cases are of great importance for researchers in the field of CFD. Numerical benchmark cases offer researchers frameworks to quantitatively explore limits of the computational tools and to validate them. Therefore, we focus on simulation of numerically challenging benchmark tests, laminar and transient 3D flows around a cylinder, and aim to estab...

This paper presents a parallel Newton-Krylov-Schwarz method for the numerical simulation of unsteady flows at high Reynolds number around a high-speed train under crosswind. With a realistic train geometry, a realistic Reynolds number, and a realistic wind speed, this is a very challenging computational problem. Because of the limited parallel scalability, commercial CFD software is not suitabl...

This paper presents a new technique for shape and topology optimization of fluid channels using generative design synthesis methods. The proposed method uses the generative abilities of graph grammars with simulation and analysis power of conventional CFD methods. The graph grammar interpreter GraphSynth is used to carry out graph transformations, which define different topologies for a given m...

We are currently developing new numerical simulation methods and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes designed for advanced fluid-structure interaction (FSI) applications that have moving mechanical components and/or changing domain shapes. The method is called Dynamic-Mesh (DM) and is currently being implemented in parallel within our XFlow CFD simulation code. This method involves the tig...

This paper discusses a framework for integrated Augmented Reality (AR) architecture for indoor thermal performance data visualization that utilizes a mobile robot to generate environment maps. It consists of three modules: robot mapping, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation, and AR visualization. The robot mapping module enables the modelling of spatial geometry using a mobile robot. I...

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) deals with computing the equations of fluid flows using numerical methods instead of partial differential equations. The Discrete-Event System specification (DEVS) theory has already been used to approximate various continuous systems by applying a quantized state system approach. In this research, we experiment with a new method: using Cell-DEVS theory to cre...

Spatial contaminant distribution in large semiopen building areas such as sports arenas, warehouses, atriums, malls and other industrial halls is critical to estimating exposure, health risks and building energy performance. It is considered a challenge to measure experimentally how effectively the ventilation system removes or dilutes the pollutant in a large open space, taking into considerat...

Modern manufacturing methods enable screw compressors to be constructed to such close tolerances that full 3-D numerical calculation of the heat and fluid flow through them is required to obtain the maximum possible improvements in their design. An independent stand-alone CAD-CFD interface program has therefore been developed by the authors in order to generate a numerical grid for this purpose...

In an effort to improve the robustness and efficiency of mesh adaptation, this work proposes an adaptive re-meshing method that can be used for variety of problems in CFD. It should be noted that this method is feature driven adaptivity and that it does not use strategies such as edge split, edge collapse, edge swap, etc as were employed in mesh modifications [2]. Instead, it defines the ”holes...