Developments in Strategies and Software Tools for Overset Structured Grid Generation and Connectivity

Recent developments in strategies and software tools for overset structured grid generation and domain connectivity are described. A scripting approach based on a library of grid generation script macros is adopted to speed up the grid generation process. Advances in this method involve the development of high level functions that encapsulate more complex grid generation tasks. Sample applications using the script library macros are given for several complex congurations. Advances towards automated and ecient domain connectivity is accomplished using a newly developed library of domain connectivity functions called Chimera Components Connectivity Library (C3LIB). The library contains standard interfaces to the various processes encountered in domain connectivity. Enhancement to the stencil search speed is accomplished via bounding boxes based on balanced index-space partitions, and replacement of global searches by local searches using space-lling curve segments. The performance of the parallel stencil search algorithm is illustrated via a set of test cases on practical complex congurations.

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