Version 2.0 Supported Features
- Improved parallelization.
- Improved multigrid.
- Additional flexibility in the specification of the optimization problem.
- SST turbulence model (V&V stage).
- 3D Reacting flow simulations using air gas chemistry models.
- New inlet-outlet boundary conditions.
- Engine boundary conditions.
- Improved grid adaptation technique.
- Unsteady design.
- Sliding surfaces.
- Multi-zone capability.
- Continuous Adjoint RANS and Plasma equations.
- Discrete Adjoint Euler equations.
- Low Mach number preconditioning.
- New linear solvers and line implicit preconditioning.
- Updated python scripts.
Version 1.1 Supported Features
All version 1.0 features, with the following additions and improvements.
- Windows 7 installer with full feature support (parallelism, CGNS support, etc.)
- Improved parallelization.
- Pointwise plugin for direct export to SU2 grid formats.
- Additional flexibility in the specification of the optimization problem.
- Additional spatial discretization schemes, including HLLC and AUSM (1st and 2nd order accuracy).
- Axisymmetric implementation for Euler and incompressible governing equations.
- 3D Reacting flow simulations using argon gas chemistry models.
- Free surface simulation and design.
- Periodic boundary conditions.
- Updated python scripts.
Version 1.0 Supported Features
Computational Fluid Dynamics Module (SU2_CFD)
| Governing Eqn. | Coordinate Sys. | Time Integration | Spatial Discretization | Incomp. | Multigrid | MPI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2D | 3D | Rot. | Explicit | Implicit | Centered | Upwind | ||||
| Euler | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
Navier Stokes | O | O | X | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| RANS | O | O | X | X | O | X | O | X | O | O |
| Adj. Euler | O | O | O | X | O | O | O | O | O | O |
Adj. Navier Stokes | O | O | X | X | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| Adj. RANS | O | O | X | X | O | O | O | X | O | O |
| Plasma | O | O | X | X | O | X | O | X | X | O |
Domain Decomposition Module (SU2_DDC)
Computational domain decomposition is performed using METIS and is currently serial execution only.
Gradient Projection Module (SU2_GPC)
Serial execution only.
Mesh Adaptation Module (SU2_MAC)
Mesh adaptation is available for unstructured grids composed of triangular (2D) and tetrahedral (3D) cells for serial computations only. Only SU2-native grid files can be used with SU2_MAC, so any CGNS files must first be converted using the software's built-in features. The following adaptation strategies are available:
- Full - Refines the full grid using homothetic subdivisions of the cells.
- Full Flow - Performs a full, homothetic subdivision of the grid and interpolates the converged flow solution onto the new mesh.
- Full Adjoint - Performs a full, homothetic subdivision of the grid and interpolates the converged adjoint solution onto the new mesh.
- Gradient Flow - Adds cell density to the baseline grid where large flow gradients are observed.
- Gradient Adjoint - Adds cell density to the baseline grid where large adjoint gradients are observed.
- Computable - Performs adjoint-based adaptation in accordance with Park's (2002) method for determining the computable correction the the grid error.
Mesh Deformation Module (SU2_MDC)
Free-form deformation for 3D design. Corresponding grid deformation is determined using either a spring analogy solved via a Conjugate Gradient (CG) method or an algebraic method. Serial execution only.
Periodic Boundary Module (SU2_PBC)
Serial execution only.