Patent Document ID: 9122822
Application ID: 13460394
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A three-dimensional fluid simulation method for analyzing a flow of fluid around an object by the use of a computer comprising: a process (a) in which a first mesh of the entirety of a three-dimensional space where the fluid flows, is defined in the computer, wherein the first mesh is defined by non-uniformly splitting the three-dimensional space with respect to each of three degrees of freedom of the three-dimensional space; a process (b) in which a second mesh of the entirety of the three-dimensional space is defined in the computer, wherein the second mesh is defined by non-uniformly splitting the three-dimensional space with respect to two of the three degrees of freedom in the same manner as the first mesh and uniformly splitting the three-dimensional space with respect to the remaining one of the three degrees of freedom; a process (c) in which an object model of the object is defined in the computer, wherein the object model is defined by splitting the object into a finite number of cells, and the object model is disposed in the first mesh; a process (d) in which boundary conditions are given and a motion equation relating to the fluid around the object model in the first mesh, is defined, and velocity of the fluid is computed from the motion equation; a process (e) in which a flow imbalance is computed for each cell in the first mesh based on the obtained velocity of the fluid; a process (f) in which a pressure correction equation relating to the fluid is defined based on the obtained flow imbalance in the first mesh; a process (g) in which the obtained flow imbalance in the first mesh is mapped onto the second mesh without the object, and the pressure correction of the fluid is computed on the second mesh; and a process (h) in which the obtained pressure correction is mapped onto the first mesh with the object, and the fluid pressure on the first mesh is updated based on the mapped pressure correction, and the velocity of the fluid is obtained based on the updated fluid pressure, wherein the processes (d)-(h) are repeated until the flow imbalance is converged.