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Old   January 21, 2014, 22:22
Default What is "Sharp_Edge_Dist"?
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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.

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Old   January 28, 2014, 16:17
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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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