Patent ID: 8892408
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of generating a fluid-flow simulation over a computer-generated surface using one or more processors, the simulation including an inviscid fluid-flow mesh comprised of a plurality of inviscid fluid cells and a viscous fluid-flow mesh comprised of a plurality of boundary-layer fluid cells, at least some of the boundary-layer fluid cells being on or adjacent to the computer-generated surface, the method comprising: determining, using the one or more processors, an initial fluid property, for at least one inviscid fluid cell using an inviscid fluid simulation that does not simulate fluid viscous effects; determining, using the one or more processors, an initial boundary-layer fluid property for at least one of the boundary-layer fluid cells using the initial fluid property and a viscous fluid simulation that simulates fluid viscous effects, determining, using the one or more processors, the updated boundary-layer fluid property for the at least one boundary-layer fluid cell using the initial fluid property, initial boundary-layer fluid property, and an interaction law, determining, using the one or more processors, an updated fluid property for the at least one inviscid fluid cell using the updated boundary-layer fluid property.