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January 21, 2014, 22:22 |
What is "Sharp_Edge_Dist"?
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cean wang
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Hi,
In the flow result file, I found "Sharp_Edge_Dist" variable. Just wondering the use of it. attached is a plot of it for the naca textcase demo. Thx |
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January 28, 2014, 16:17 |
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Trent Lukaczyk
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This measures the closest distance from a 'sharp edge' which is loosely defined by some curvature criterion on the geometry's surface. It's used to filter out numerical error in the adjoint solution that occurs around sharp edges.
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