how to change geometry and related mesh automatically

immortality · April 13, 2013, 10:27

I want to work on a naca0012 airfoil with a flap and want to find an aerodynamical design for more cl/cd.this optimization should be done according to an algorithm like ant colony.how can i change geometry and mesh automatically during run with OpenFOAM?
is there an open source software like dakota for changing in mesh?

ngj · April 14, 2013, 04:34

Hi Ehsan,

It sounds like you want to do shape optimisation? Maybe you could benefit from a look on the adjointShapeOptimisation solver in OpenFoam (I have never tried it, though).

With respect to mesh motion, then OpenFoam comes with a large suite of mesh-deformation utilities, and in OpenFoam-1.6-ext some code also allows for complex topological changes of the computational domain through a linking to the mesquite software package.

Kind regards,

Niels

wyldckat · April 14, 2013, 08:15

Greetings to all!

BladeDesigner comes to mind... there was a brief talk about it here on the forum: OpenFOAM mesh generation of an aerofoil

Best regards,
Bruno

April 13, 2013, 10:27	how to change geometry and related mesh automatically	#1
immortality Banned ehsan Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Iran Posts: 1,106 Rep Power: 0	I want to work on a naca0012 airfoil with a flap and want to find an aerodynamical design for more cl/cd.this optimization should be done according to an algorithm like ant colony.how can i change geometry and mesh automatically during run with OpenFOAM? is there an open source software like dakota for changing in mesh?

April 14, 2013, 04:34		#2
ngj Senior Member Niels Gjoel Jacobsen Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,118 Rep Power: 19	Hi Ehsan, It sounds like you want to do shape optimisation? Maybe you could benefit from a look on the adjointShapeOptimisation solver in OpenFoam (I have never tried it, though). With respect to mesh motion, then OpenFoam comes with a large suite of mesh-deformation utilities, and in OpenFoam-1.6-ext some code also allows for complex topological changes of the computational domain through a linking to the mesquite software package. Kind regards, Niels immortality likes this.

April 14, 2013, 08:15		#3
wyldckat Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 4,228 Blog Entries: 31 Rep Power: 45	Greetings to all! BladeDesigner comes to mind... there was a brief talk about it here on the forum: OpenFOAM mesh generation of an aerofoil Best regards, Bruno immortality likes this. __________________ How to build OpenFOAM + Third Party tools How to post code using [CODE]

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