DynamicUVLM

class sharpy.solvers.dynamicuvlm.DynamicUVLM

Dynamic Aerodynamic Time Domain Simulation

Provides an aerodynamic only simulation in time by time stepping the solution. The type of aerodynamic solver is parsed as a setting.

To Do:

Clean timestep information for memory efficiency

Warning

Under development. Issues encountered when using the linear UVLM as the aerodynamic solver with integration order = 1.

The settings that this solver accepts are given by a dictionary, with the following key-value pairs:

Name	Type	Description	Default
print_info	bool	Write status to screen	True
structural_solver	str	Structural solver to use in the coupled simulation	None
structural_solver_settings	dict	Dictionary of settings for the structural solver	None
aero_solver	str	Aerodynamic solver to use in the coupled simulation	None
aero_solver_settings	dict	Dictionary of settings for the aerodynamic solver	None
n_time_steps	int	Number of time steps for the simulation	None
dt	float	Time step	None
include_unsteady_force_contribution	bool	If on, added mass contribution is added to the forces. This depends on the time derivative of the bound circulation. Check filter_gamma_dot in the aero solver	False
postprocessors	list(str)	List of the postprocessors to run at the end of every time step	[]
postprocessors_settings	dict	Dictionary with the applicable settings for every psotprocessor. Every postprocessor needs its entry, even if empty	{}