Grid Generation: Examples
Summary
2-D Grids
Fig. 1 shows the effect of using an algebraic grid generator to a problem with severe
concavities. A Laplace smoothing applied to the transfinite grid has shown some
improvement.
Figure 1: Transfinite grid (2-D) around a human head
2-D Surface Control
As an example of surface control, Fig. 3 shows the effect of
correcting the point bunching on a 2-D airfoil by moving iteratively
points along a spline curve (spline point movement technique).
Figure 3a: Surface control by spline technique
Figure 3b: Surface control by spline technique
Once the surface grid is set a grid can be wasily generated with a hyperbolic method, as shown in Fig. 4 below.
Figure 4: Airfoil grid (hyperbolic)
3-D Grids
Fig. 5 below shows a multi-block structured surface grid for a 2-element inverted wing (Indy car model, rear wing). The read lines denote the block structure.
Figure 5: Rear Wing of Indy Car
