Further work in simulating the flow past a prolate spheroid is also under way. Plan view of the vortex system. Flow is from bottom to top. The flow is transitioning to a fully turbulent state. Side view of new vortices showing quasi-streamwise structure and ejections toward the channel center.
Flow is from left to right.
Prediction of turbulent flows is of paramount importance in a wide range of engineering applications. By being grid free, and suitable for high Reynolds number flow, vortex methods may have unique capabilities in a wide spectrum of problems. In particular, they are well suited to flows with moving boundaries, such as occurs in propulsors, as well as in design studies where the effects of systematic variations in geometry need to be analyzed. In Computational Fluid Dynamics introduction . IBM SP at University of Maryland.