Fluid mechanics and its applications using methods of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) gain an increasing interest in the field of engineering technologies. One of the main issues of sciences in this area is the exploration of methods and solutions dealing with CFD. In the first part of this work an integration concept, with the purpose of optimization of the application flow of fluid-flow simulations, is presented. Therefore, a framework, identifying the relationsships between the different geometric models and defining the sequence of the different tasks in flow simulations, is proposed. The central datastructure is based on an octree, a three-dimensional representative of the spacetrees. It is used to support the mapping of the different geometric models onto each other and to ensure the automation of the cartesian grid generation. The aspired coupling of CAD and flow simulation is demonstrated using specific examples. The second part of this work deals with the extension of the Lattice-Boltzmann method for simulations on non-uniform two-dimensional grids. Therefore, a brief introduction of the basics of the method is given and the corresponding enhancements for the non-uniform grids are explained in detail. The datastructure, representing the grid, is of essential interest. The two-dimensional version of the spacetrees, the quadtrees, find their optimal employment for this purpose. The main aspects, concerning the prototypic implementation, are described. As the prototyp allows a modification of the grid configuration during runtime, adaptive Lattice-Boltzmann simulations can be performed for the first time demonstrating their efficiency.
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Fluid mechanics and its applications using methods of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) gain an increasing interest in the field of engineering technologies. One of the main issues of sciences in this area is the exploration of methods and solutions dealing with CFD. In the first part of this work an integration concept, with the purpose of optimization of the application flow of fluid-flow simulations, is presented. Therefore, a framework, identifying the relationsships between the different g...
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