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  • 1
    ISSN: 1573-0794
    Keywords: MHD ; comets ; Hale-Bopp ; cometary x-rays
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Abstract MHD simulation results of the interaction of the expanding atmosphere of comet Hale-Bopp with the magnetized solar wind are presented. At the upstream boundary a supersonic and superalfvénic solar wind enters into the simulation box 25 million km upstream of the nucleus. The solar wind is continuously mass loaded with cometary ions originating from the nucleus. The effects of photoionization, recombination and ion-neutral frictional drag are taken into account in the model. The governing equations are solved on an adaptively refined unstructured Cartesian grid using our MUSCL-type upwind numerical technique, MAUS-MHD (Multiscale Adaptive Upwind Scheme for MHD). The combination of the adaptive refinement with the MUSCL-scheme allows the entire cometary atmosphere to be modeled, while still resolving both the shock and the diamagnetic cavity of the comet. Detailed simulation results for the plasma environment of comet Hale-Bopp for slow and fast solar wind conditions are presented. We also calculate synthetic H2O+, CO+ and soft x-ray images for observing conditions on April 11, 1997.
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: A cell-vertex scheme is outlined for solving the flow about a delta wing with M (sub infinity) is greater than 1. Embedded regions of mesh refinement allow solutions to be obtained which have much higher resolution than those achieved to date. Effects of mesh refinement and artificial viscosity on the solutions are studied, to determine at what point leading-edge vortex solutions are grid-converged. A macroscale and a microscale for the size of the vortex are defined, and it is shown that the macroscale (which includes the wing surface properties) is converged on a moderately refined grid, while the microscale is very sensitive to grid spacing. The level of numerical diffusion in the core of the vortex is found to be substantial. Comparisons with the experiment are made for two cases which have transonic cross-flow velocities.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Transonic Symposium: Theory, Application, and Experiment, Volume 1, Part 1; p 231-259
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: A procedure for solving the conical Euler equations on an adaptively refined mesh is presented, along with a method for determining which cells to refine. The solution procedure is a central-difference cell-vertex scheme. The adaptation procedure is made up of a parameter on which the refinement decision is based, and a method for choosing a threshold value of the parameter. The refinement parameter is a measure of mesh-convergence, constructed by comparison of locally coarse- and fine-grid solutions. The threshold for the refinement parameter is based on the curvature of the curve relating the number of cells flagged for refinement to the value of the refinement threshold. Results for three test cases are presented. The test problem is that of a delta wing at angle of attack in a supersonic free-stream. The resulting vortices and shocks are captured efficiently by the adaptive code.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA PAPER 89-0080
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    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: A critical assessment of the accuracy of Cartesian-mesh approaches for solving the Euler equations is made. An exact solution of the Euler equations (Ringleb's flow) is used not only to infer the order of error of the Cartesian mesh approaches, but also to compare the magnitude of the error directly to that obtained with a structured mesh approach. The effect of cell merging is investigated as well as the use of two different K-exact reconstruction procedures. The solution methodology of the schemes is explained and tabulated results are presented to compare the solution accuracies. Adaptive and uniform mesh refinement is evaluated for Ringleb's flow and the supersonic flow through an axisymmetric inlet.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA PAPER 93-3335 , In: AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, 11th, Orlando, FL, July 6-9, 1993, Technical Papers. Pt. 1 (A93-44994 18-34); p. 423-437.
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: Calculations are presented for a 75-deg swept flat plate wing tested at a freestream Mach number of 1.95 and 10 degrees angle of attack. Good agreement is found between computational data and previous experimental pitot pressure measurements in the core of the vortex, suggesting that the total pressure losses predicted by the Euler equation solvers are not errors, but realistic predictions. Data suggest that the magnitude of the total pressure loss is related to the circumferential velocity field through the vortex, and that it increases with angle of attack and varies with Mach number and sweep angle.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: Computations are presented for a Lambda = 75 deg delta wing in a supersonic freestream under two conditions which lead to leading-edge vortices. For one condition, analysis of the computed vortical flow reveals a closed streamline in the core. From varying computational parameters, it appears that this is due to truncation error of the convective derivatives. For the other condition, comparisons are made with wind-tunnel data, and good agreement is noted for pitot pressure distributions, flow angles on the symmetry plane, and the position of an embedded shock. Many of the aerodynamic parameters are shown to be insensitive to grid spacing.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA PAPER 87-0039
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: A Cartesian, cell-based approach for adaptively-refined solutions of the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations in two dimensions is developed and tested. Grids about geometrically complicated bodies are generated automatically, by recursive subdivision of a single Cartesian cell encompassing the entire flow domain. Where the resulting cells intersect bodies, N-sided 'cut' cells are created using polygon-clipping algorithms. The grid is stored in a binary-tree structure which provides a natural means of obtaining cell-to-cell connectivity and of carrying out solution-adaptive mesh refinement. The Euler and Navier-Stokes equations are solved on the resulting grids using a finite-volume formulation. The convective terms are upwinded: a gradient-limited, linear reconstruction of the primitive variables is performed, providing input states to an approximate Riemann solver for computing the fluxes between neighboring cells. The more robust of a series of viscous flux functions is used to provide the viscous fluxes at the cell interfaces. Adaptively-refined solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations using the Cartesian, cell-based approach are obtained and compared to theory, experiment, and other accepted computational results for a series of low and moderate Reynolds number flows.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA-TM-106786 , E-9241 , NAS 1.15:106786 , AIAA PAPER 95-0566 , Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit; Jan 09, 1995 - Jan 12, 1995; Reno, NV; United States
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2019-08-15
    Description: A new two-dimensional axisymmetric MHD model is used to study the interaction of the solar wind with Venus under conditions where the interplanetary field is approximately aligned with the solar wind velocity. This numerical model solves the MHD transport equations for density, velocity, pressure, and magnetic field on an adaptively refined, unstructured grid system. This use of an adaptive grid allows high spatial resolution in regions of large density/velocity gradients and yet can be run on a workstation. The actual grid sizes vary from about 0.06 R(sub v) near the bowshock to 2 R(sub v) in the unperturbed solar wind. The results of the calculations are compared with observed magnetic field values obtained from the magnetometer on the Pioneer Venus Orbiter, at a time when the angle between the solar wind velocity vector and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) was only 7.6 deg. Good qualitative agreement between the observed and calculated field behavior is found. The overall results suggest that the induced magnetotail disappears when the IMF is radial for an extended time period and implies that it weakens when the field rotated through a near-radial orientation.
    Keywords: Solar Physics
    Type: Paper 95JE03363 , Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227); 101; E2; 4547-4556
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Description: The linear stability of the trailing line vortex model of Batchelor (1964) is studied using a spectral collocation and matrix eigenvalue method. The entire unstable region in the swirl/axial wavenumber parameter space is mapped out for various azimuthal wavenumbers for both the inviscid and viscous stability problem. The results of the study provide a direct numerical validation of the large-azimuthal-wavenumber asymptotic analysis of Leibovich and Stewartson (1983). It is shown that accurate results are obtained up to azimuthal wavenumbers of 10,000 and greater, and the agreement with the asymptotic theory is excellent.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (ISSN 0022-1120); p. 91-114.
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: A scheme for the solution of scalar advection on an unstructured mesh has been developed, tested, and extended to the Euler equations. The scheme preserves a linear function exactly, and yields nearly monotone results. The flux function associated with the Euler scheme is based on a discrete 'wave model' for the system of equations. The wave model decomposes the solution gradient at a location into shear waves, entropy waves and acoustic waves and calculates the speeds, strengths and directions associated with the waves. The approach differs from typical flux-difference splitting schemes in that the waves are not assumed to propagate normal to the faces of the control volumes; directions of propagation of the waves are instead computed from solution-gradient information. Results are shown for three test cases, and two different wave models. The results are compared to those from other approaches, including MUSCL and Galerkin least squares schemes.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA PAPER 93-0065 , AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit; Jan 11, 1993 - Jan 14, 1993; Reno, NV; United States|; 16 p.
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