OGSM: A Parallel Implicit Assembly Algorithm and Library for Overlapping Grids

Abstract

The assembly of overlapping grids is a key technology to deal with the relative motion of multi-bodies in computational fluid dynamics. However, the conventional implicit assembly techniques for overlapping grids are often confronted with the problem of complicated geometry analysis, and consequently, they usually have a low parallel assembly efficiency resulting from the undifferentiated searching of grid nodes. To deal with this, a parallel implicit assembly method that employs a two-step node classification scheme to accelerate the hole-cutting operation is proposed. Furthermore, the aforementioned method has been implemented as a library, which can be conveniently integrated into the existing numerical simulators and enable efficient assembly of large-scale multi-component overlapping grids. The algorithm and relevant library are validated with a seven-sphere configuration and multi-body trajectory prediction case in the aspects of parallel computing efficiency and interpolation accuracy.

Keywords

• overlapping grids
• parallel assembly
• implicit assembly
• wall-distance criteria
• automated hole-cutting