Abstract:In this work, a sensitivity calculation approach called the adjoint method is explored to estimate and control the discretization error in computational fluid dynamic (CFD). This paper describes how the adjoint is applied to incompressible RANS simulations to approach the continuous solution which is unknown. While the adjoint method is already widespread in aerodynamics to optimize designs, here it is used as an error estimator. The error is thus calculated from the scalar product of sensitivities to an objec… Show more
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