From Ellipse to an Airfoil using Mesh Deformation Code

Vishnu Sankar · April 7, 2023, 02:21

Hello Everyone,

I want to get familiar with the Mesh Deformation Code(SU2_DEF). So I plan to take a 2-D ellipse (along with its mesh) and squish it appropriately to naca 0012. To perform this task I plan to parameterize the ellipse geometry using control points from FFD/HH bump function. Then I plan to manually tweak the control points in a sequence of about 20 steps that would eventually lead me to naca 0012 geometry.

I know how to parameterize my geometry using SU2 but I do not know how to feed the "manually tweaked control points" to SU2_DEF that can deform the initial mesh. I also want to know after tweaking how can I get the deformed mesh for visualization purpose from SU2_DEF. Any help from the community on this task will be really helpful.

Thank You

Vishnu Sankar · April 25, 2023, 10:17

Hello,

Can someone clarify if it is even possible to pass the design variables to SU2_DEF directly through Python? From my understanding of looking into the Shape Optimization.py file and the other optimization tutorials in the website, SU2_DEF suite is somehow invoked under the hood. Can someone share insight on to how is it getting invoked?

Thank You

April 7, 2023, 02:21	From Ellipse to an Airfoil using Mesh Deformation Code	#1
Vishnu Sankar New Member Vishnu_iitb Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Mumbai Posts: 16 Rep Power: 5	Hello Everyone, I want to get familiar with the Mesh Deformation Code(SU2_DEF). So I plan to take a 2-D ellipse (along with its mesh) and squish it appropriately to naca 0012. To perform this task I plan to parameterize the ellipse geometry using control points from FFD/HH bump function. Then I plan to manually tweak the control points in a sequence of about 20 steps that would eventually lead me to naca 0012 geometry. I know how to parameterize my geometry using SU2 but I do not know how to feed the "manually tweaked control points" to SU2_DEF that can deform the initial mesh. I also want to know after tweaking how can I get the deformed mesh for visualization purpose from SU2_DEF. Any help from the community on this task will be really helpful. Thank You

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April 25, 2023, 10:17		#2
Vishnu Sankar New Member Vishnu_iitb Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Mumbai Posts: 16 Rep Power: 5	Hello, Can someone clarify if it is even possible to pass the design variables to SU2_DEF directly through Python? From my understanding of looking into the Shape Optimization.py file and the other optimization tutorials in the website, SU2_DEF suite is somehow invoked under the hood. Can someone share insight on to how is it getting invoked? Thank You