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Hybrid Structured-Unstructured U-RANS Solver

At present, most components in regular shape can be meshed with high-quality structured grids. However, the generation of structured grids is very difficult for some parts or areas, such as casing treatments or coolant channels, even if multi-block topologies are applied. This problem can be alleviated remarkably if a CFD solver allows using any type of grid topology. The grid may consist of structured or unstructured blocks entirely or even a so-called hybrid structured-unstructured grid topology. The word hybrid implies here a combination of structured and unstructured grids, both of which are used to respectively discretize a portion of the flow domain where appropriate.

 
 
At the Institute of Propulsion Technology, such a three-dimensional, steady and unsteady flow solver for Favre- and Reynolds-averaged compressible Navier-Stokes equations has been developed for more than a decade, called TRACE. It can be used for both grid types, structured and unstructured. The different solver modules interact with a conservative hybrid-grid interfacing algorithm to allow mismatched abutting interfaces between the structured and unstructured grid blocks.

The concept of such a hybrid solver offers some advantages. The costs for enhancements and implementation of models in the code are not as expensive compared to two independent solvers. Generally, the equations are described as differential equations consisting of convective and viscous terms as well as source terms. Therefore the convective and viscous terms can be implemented basically and only the source terms have to be discretized for new models. Different algorithms have to be used for the calculation of derivatives and gradients. All further functions are consistently implemented for both solvers. The implicit system of equations is solved with the same method, only the implementations differ slightly.
 
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