Nonlinear solution adaptive structured grids via heat-conduction analogies (Q5949151)

The authors present an adaptive grid approach, developed using Fortran 77, on quadrilateral meshes for the Euler and Navier-Stokes solvers. The concept of isotherms from a heat-conduction analogy is used in the development of the algorithms of grid generation. To speed up the process, three levels of multigrid solution for the temperature field have been implemented. The quality of the adapted meshes for three test cases (transonic flow over an airfoil, supersonic flow through a rotor and a ramp) has been evaluated based on a histogram analysis of aspect ratio and maximum angle for elements within the computational domain.