Yes, agree with this. Needs to be done at the begining of every new process, but not every new geometry. The software companies sometimes...
Interesting topic! Based on my experience, here are some comments: On the meshing side: this geometry would require around 4-5 millions of cells...
great job Mikko. What RANSE code did you use for this?
http://tspeer.com/
simple CFD does not exist.
Hello, I am using AVL (see http://web.mit.edu/drela/Public/web/avl/) a vortex lattice method (and more) written by Drela and Youngren....
have a look at http://www.autohotkey.com/. Very very powerfull.
You seem to be on the right track. Look on the same website for something called vortex lattice method. This could be used to build new lift and...
A nice article by Jason Ker. http://valenciasailing.blogspot.com/2006/10/inside-americas-cup-team-boat-designer.html
Ok, thanks for that; you seem to be well informed. :) make it 150 points; 80euros/point. And compare to tank test. There are also a few...
Yes, i dont know if a fluid with these characteristics can be found. CFD is for sure the way to go, it's getting more accurate every day...
For a correct model test (of a model travelling at the water-air interface), you need to keep the froude number and the reynolds constant. This...
Yacht in Fluent with free surface: What parameters to use? (having spent a bit of time on looking for things that work, this might be of interest...
What is the influence of switching from epoxy to vinylester from a design point of view? I dont have much data on that. Particularly in terms of...
I am using Gnumeric (in Linux), and it's good. Not as good as Excel (2007) but better than Calc (00). Don't know about the windows version, but i...
Sounds good, looks like I should spend a few month over there. Weather should be good enough to live outside. :).
Hello all, As you all know, the cup is back. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find much live coverage of it (i am in the UK). From what i have...
Hi Steve, I'd like to see Rhino under linux, not under wine. Is it something that has been considered at McNeel? I am sure it will come in the...
I'll be very interested in looking at your data in more details. This is not very precise, what area? wetted? planform?. Affecting the results...
Hello dimitarp, Sounds like some interesting work. What code is it? There are only a few potential flow codes that have been validated. How...