24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-2.4.1

CFD SIMULATIONS OF AERODYNAMIC FLOWS WITH A PRESSURE-BASED METHOD

F. R. Menter, P. F. Galpin, T. Esch, M. Kuntz, C. Berner*
ANSYS Inc.; * French-German Research Institute ISL, Germany

Keywords: CFD, numerical method, pressure based, Mach number, aerodynamics

The paper describes the numerical method behind the general-purpose code CFX-5. It will concentrate on the formulation of the solver for different Mach number flows while using a pressure-based formulation. Numerous aeronautical examples will be shown.

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