Space-Time Mapping Analysis for the Accurate Calculation of Complex Unsteady Flows*

In this work, a new methodology for computing unsteady flow problems is presented. This method treats the temporal direction identically to the spatial directions, transforming a 2- or 3- dimensional time-marching problem to a 3- or 4-dimensional iterative problem. This transformation allows much greater flexibility in grid generation and solution procedure, and is uniquely suited to the distributedmemory parallel-processing computers that are widely available.

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