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Abstract
In this paper we discuss version 1.0 of the computer code (CURL) that we have developed to simulate unsteady, 3D, incompressible flows around rigid and flexible bluff bodies whose geometries are made up from thin membrane or ribbon elements. The motivation for this work comes from Sandia National Laboratories' need to perform complete numerical simulations of parachute deployment, inflation, and steady descent. First-generation serial and parallel versions of the uncoupled fluids code have been developed. In addition, a fluid-structure coupling scheme has been developed. Preliminary results for both a rigid and a flexible cross parachute are presented herein.
This article was chosen from Selected Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Vortex Flows and Related Numerical Methods (UC Santa-Barbara, 17-20 March 2002) ed E Meiburg, G H Cottet, A Ghoniem and P Koumoutsakos
Present address: Mechanical Engineering Department, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
Notes
Present address: Mechanical Engineering Department, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
