Description
Virtual Flow Solver - Geophysics (VFS-Geophysics) is a three-dimensional (3D) incompressible Navier-Stokes solver based on the Curvilinear Immersed Boundary (CURVIB) method. The CURVIB is a sharp interface type of immersed boundary (IB) method that enables the simulation of fluid flows in the presence of geometrically complex moving bodies. The CURVIB method can be applied to wind/MHK turbine simulations and energy applications.
VFS-Geophysics is the result of many years of research work by several graduate students, post-docs, and research associates that have been involved in the Computational Hydrodynamics and Biofluids Laboratory directed by Professor Fotis Sotiropoulos. The preparation of the present manual has been supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DE-EE 0005482).
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source Code Input files.zip | ZIP | This zipped file includes the source code and input files of the VFS code. See chapter 3 of the manual for instructions on getting started. See chapter 5 of the manual for source code file library structure. | Open resource |
| VFS Manual.pdf | This user manual provides a summary of the methods and equations used in the Virtual Flow Simulator (VFS-Geophysics) model. Step-by-step instructions and examples are also provided to help the users to run simulations using the code. | Open resource |
Tags
- amec
- axial-flow-turbine
- blue-economy
- c_
- code
- curvib
- curvilinear-immersed-boundary
- energy
- flow-model
- flow-simulation
- flow-simulator
- high-fidelity-model
- hydrokinetic
- large-eddy-simulation
- marine
- mhk
- model
- navier-stokes
- powering-the-blue-economy
- resource
- simulation
- solver
- source-code
- three-phase-flow-simulator
- turbine-simulation