To-date the primary challenge in conducting aerodynamic CFD simulations of actual vehicles with realistically complex geometry has been the construction of a computational mesh. The CAD-to-Mesh processes used to-date have been laborious, often requiring many weeks of engineering time. In this paper we present a new technique to greatly expedite the CAD-to-Mesh process. The fundamentals of this technique are discussed followed by case studies that show that this technique can reduce the engineering time required for the CAD-to-Mesh process to just a few hours.


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    Title :

    Rapid Meshing for CFD Simulations of Vehicle Aerodynamics


    Additional title:

    Sae International Journal of Passenger Cars. Mechanical Systems
    Sae Int. J. Passeng. Cars – Mech. Syst


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE World Congress & Exhibition ; 2009



    Publication date :

    2009-04-20


    Size :

    15 pages




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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