[overture] Re: False Shown Physical Boundaries

  • From: matthew fuller <matt.l.fuller@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: overture@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:14:03 -0400

> Hi,I have a few questions about some false physical boundaries which are
> plotted when using cgins.
>
> To begin, i am mapping a flatback airfoil. Essentially it is an airfoil
> with the trailing edge chopped off. This in itself proved difficult to grid
> given my limited knowledge of ogen mappings and ogens seemingly limited
> ability to map around sharp corners. None the less i was able to get a very
> sharp flat trailing edge using shared sides, mixed boundaries, and no hole
> cutting. Ogen indicates my mappings overlap properly. But, when i read in
> this grid file to cgins the mixed boundary that i specified is still plotted
> as a physical boundary. To be clear i can tell by the flow field that these
> "false" physical boundaries are not actually recognized by cgins. They do
> however look strange and raise questions to their origin and significance. I
> have found that by disabling boundary plotting completely whilst in cgins
> gets rid them but it also gets rid of the airfoil boundary. This make its
> harder to see where the airfoil stops and the flow field begins.
>
> My question is, is there a way to change the representation of these mixed
> boundary boundaries in ogen to prevent them from showing up when running a
> simulation?
> I have attached a screen shot to show what i mean.  Unfortunately the email
> client i am using (Gmail) will not let me send .cmd files (for fear of
> malware i suppose) so i can not send my ogen and cgins command files.
>
> I would appreciate any insight you can provide on this issue.
>
> Thanks!
> Matt
>

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