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Mastering Hybrid Meshing forHorizontal Axis Wind Turbines
This Webinar will begin at 11:00 am Central Time (4:00 pm GMT) on July 13, 2011. !You will be connected to audio using your computer's microphone and speakers (VoIP). A headset is
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Dr. Rick Matus
Rick is Pointwise's vice president
for sales and marketing. Heearned both a B.S. and an M.S.
in aerospace engineering fromTexas A&M University in 1980and 1981, respectively, and a
Ph.D. in aerospace engineeringfrom the University of Texas at
Arlington in 1986. Prior toPointwise, Rick worked forFluent, Inc. and General
Dynamics.
Mr. Travis Carrigan
Travis works alongside Chris as a
technical sales engineer. Hecompleted his M.S. in aerospace
engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington in May 2011,where his thesis subject was
"Aerodynamic ShapeOptimization of a Vertical Axis
Wind Turbine." He received hisB.S. in aerospace engineering in2009 from UTA.
Dr. Chris Sideroff
Chris joined Pointwise in
September 2007 as a technicalsales engineer. He earned a B.S.
and M.S. in mechanicalengineering from the Universityof Alberta and a Ph.D. in
mechanical engineering fromSyracuse University in 2009.
Chris has prior industrialexperience with the NATCOGroup, ARV Development and
Harddata Ltd.
Your Presenters
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Mastering Hybrid Meshingof Horizontal Axis WindTurbines
Chris Sideroff, PhD, Travis Carrigan and RickMatus, PhD
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Sandia CX-100
• 9 m radius
• Sharp TE; no flat back
• Cut-off tip
• http://windpower.sandia.gov
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Background
• HAWT generate power through lift
• Efficient designs have low drag
• Aero drag is created in two regions: BL and wake
• Resolving the BL and wake accurately are key
• How do I create a mesh that achieves this?
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Mesh Topology
Structured Unstructured
• very high fidelity
• very time intensive• very little time
• low fidelity
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Point EfficiencyFor a given # points, hex cells are more efficient
6136 points
11,910 cells
5381 points
5200 cells
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Grid alignmentBody fitted structured meshes are more accurate
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Grid AlignmentLess truncation error when faces aligned with flow gradients
Δy
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Hybrid Topologies
• My boss told me I can only spend 1 day meshing
• When the flow path is unknown or changesrapidly, structured meshes lose their benefit
• Unstructured meshes provide more flexible
resolution control, i.e. localized clustering
• Hybrid meshes are a good compromise betweeneffort and accuracy – Prism/hex in important regions (BL’s, wakes, shocks, free-
surface)
– Unstructured elsewhere
When can I get away without using structured meshes?
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Accuracy
Ease of Use
Multi-blockStructured
Unstructured
Credit: Tim Baker, “Mesh generation: Art or Science?” , Progress inAerospace Sciences 2005
Hybrid:Hex/Prism + Tet
Overset
Structured
Cartesian
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Thank you for attending!
On Thursday, 14 July 2011, you will find the gridfiles and geometries used in this webinar as well asthe recorded video of the webinar on our web siteat www.pointwise.com/webinar.
If you have additional questions, please contactChris or Travis.
Email: [email protected] Call: 817-377-2807
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