SU2 AIM Overview

This module can be used to interface with the open-source CFD code, SU2 [1] [2] with geometry in the CAPS system. For SU2 capabilities and related documentation, please refer to http://su2.stanford.edu/. SU2 expects a volume mesh file and a corresponding configuration file to perform the analysis.

An outline of the AIM's inputs and outputs are provided in AIM Inputs and AIM Outputs, respectively.

Details on the use of units are outlined in AIM Units.

Details of the AIM's automated data transfer capabilities are outlined in AIM Data Transfer

Automatic generation of SU2 Mesh file

The volume mesh file from SU2 AIM is written in native SU2 format ("filename.su2"). The description of the native SU2 mesh can be found SU2 website. For the automatic generation of mesh file, SU2 AIM depends on Mesh AIMs, for example, TetGen or AFLR4/3 AIM.

Automatic generation of SU2 Configuration file

The configuration file ("filename.cfg") from SU2 AIM is automatically created by using the flow features and boundary conditions that were set in the driver program as a user input. For the rest of the configuration variables, default set of values are provided for a general execution. If desired, a user has freedom to manually (a) change these variables based on personal preference, or (b) override the configuration file with unique configuration variables.

SU2 Examples

Here is an example that illustrated use of SU2 AIM SU2 AIM Example. Note this AIM uses TetGen AIM for volume mesh generation.