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Automating Error Quantification and Reduction for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-07-C-3703
Agency Tracking Number: F061-233-0493
Amount: $646,496.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF06-233
Solicitation Number: 2006.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2006
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-03-07
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-09-30
Small Business Information
6210 Keller's Church Road
Pipersville, PA 18947
United States
DUNS: 929950012
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Peter Cavallo
 Senior Research Scientist
 (215) 766-1520
 cavallo@craft-tech.com
Business Contact
 Neeraj Sinha
Title: Vice President & Technica
Phone: (215) 766-1520
Email: sinha@craft-tech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Solution errors are inherent in any Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation. Sources of error include spatial and temporal discretization, inadequate physical models, and human errors in the setup and use of the CFD code. Systematic identification, reduction, and control of these various error sources is crucial if the results of CFD simulations are to be trusted for design and performance assessment of air vehicles. While grid refinement studies may verify the spatial accuracy of a solution, these studies are generally laborious and time intensive. Continued development of a standalone Error Transport Equation (ETE) solver is proposed. This tool will provide numerical error bars, quantifiable levels of uncertainty in both local and globally integrated variables. To automate error reduction, the proposed program exploits an existing mesh adaptation package. The CRISP CFD® mesh adaptation code, used with several unstructured Navier-Stokes solvers including the Air Vehicles Unstructured Solver (AVUS), when combined with the ETE solver, provides a promising, viable path for automated error reduction and solution verification. In addition, the proposed program will address uncertainty quantification for detailed studies where the effects of model selection, solver algorithm, boundary conditions, inputs, etc. are systematically varied, through the use of Response Surface models.

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