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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
Exa Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Hudong Chen, Newton, MA (US);
Rupesh Kotapati, Lowell, MA (US);
Raoyang Zhang, Burlington, MA (US);
Richard Shock, Winchester, MA (US);
Ilya Staroselsky, Lincoln, MA (US);
Yanbing Li, Westford, MA (US);
Exa Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for simulating a fluid flow that includes a laminar to turbulent boundary layer transition on a computer, the method comprising: for one or more locations on or near a boundary surface: performing a first calculation where a local boundary layer is taken to be a laminar boundary layer; performing a second calculation where the local boundary layer is taken to be a turbulent boundary layer; comparing a result from the first calculation to a result from the second calculation; and based on the comparing, selecting the result of the first calculation or the result of the second calculation; and inputting the selected result for the one or more locations into a simulation of activity of a fluid in a volume comprising the boundary surface.