In this paper, surface grid generation program for aerodynamic analysis using panel method is described. This program can be used to generate Panel-grid along the body surfaces which are defined as STL data. STL format is one of those standard neutral...
In this paper, surface grid generation program for aerodynamic analysis using panel method is described. This program can be used to generate Panel-grid along the body surfaces which are defined as STL data. STL format is one of those standard neutral formats for model data exchange. The program allows its user to define surface patches either interactively by manual mode or semi-automatically by automatic mode with proper amount of user-specified parameters. Users create the Panel-grid that there are no flow girds in order to quickly analyze aerodynamics. A panel method requires much less wall-clock time and human resources compared to conventional CFD approaches for flow analysis, and it is still widely used in the preliminary design stage for airplane design process. This research would suggest an efficient way of surface panel-generation for aircraft aerodynamic analysis.