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Title: SALE3D. ICEd-ALE Treatment of 3-D Fluid Flow

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:138950
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

SALE3D calculates three-dimensional fluid flow at all speeds, from the incompressible limit to highly supersonic. An implicit treatment of the pressure calculation similar to that in the Implicit Continuous-fluid Eulerian (ICE) technique provides this flow speed flexibility. In addition, the computing mesh may move with the fluid in a typical Lagrangian fashion, be held in an Eulerian manner, or move in some arbitrarily specified way to provide a continuous rezoning capability. This latitude results from use of an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) treatment of the mesh. The partial differential equations solved are the Navier-Stokes equations and the mass and internal energy equations. The fluid pressure is determined from an equation of state and supplemented with an artificial viscous pressure for the computation of shock waves. The computing mesh consists of a three-dimensional network of arbitrarily shaped, six-sided deformable cells, and a variety of user-selectable boundary conditions are provided in the program.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
138950
Report Number(s):
ESTSC/NRC-000068CY00100; NESC-1069
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: NESC supplied dummy routines for the LANL-specific ADV, FADV, PLT, DRV, LINCNT, GPLOT, GRPHLUN, LIB4020, and GRPHCFT graphics routines and GETJTL and FAMSIZ system routines. These routines are described in the SALE3D reference report. To facilitate modifications of the FORTRAN source as required in specifying different problems, the SALE3D source is provided in Cray UPDATE utility form.; PBD: 14 Jan 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English