If you are using SU2 in your research, please cite and support our work. If you would like to contribute to the development of the SU2 suite, please contact the developers. Thanks!
F. Palacios, M. R. Colonno, A. C. Aranake, A. Campos, S. R. Copeland, T. D. Economon, A. K. Lonkar, T. W. Lukaczyk, T. W. R. Taylor, and J. J. Alonso, “Stanford University Unstructured (SU2): An open-source integrated computational environment for multi-physics simulation and design”, AIAA Paper 2013-0287, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. January 7th - 10th, 2013. Grapevine, Texas, USA.
SU2 is being used actively in the research community to perform cutting edge analysis and design. The following technical publications have cited the suite:
- Palacios, F., Alonso, J. J., Colonno, M., Hicken, J., and Lukaczyk, T., "Adjoint-based Method for Supersonic Aircraft Design Using Equivalent Area Distributions," 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, AIAA Paper 2012-0269, Nashville, TN, January 2012.
- Economon, T. D., Palacios, F., Alonso, J. J., "Optimal Shape Design for Open Rotor Blades," 30th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper 2012-3018, New Orleans, LA, June 2012.
- Palacios, F., Jameson, A., Alonso, J. J., "Shape Sensitivity of Free-Surface Interfaces Using a Level Set Methodology," 30th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper 2012-3341, New Orleans, LA, June 2012.
- Lonkar, A., Palacios, F., MacCormack, R., A., Alonso, J. J., "Multidimensional Simulation of Plasma in Argon through a Shock in Hypersonic Flow," 30th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper 2012-3105, New Orleans, LA, June 2012.
- Taylor, T., Palacios, F., Duraisamy, K., A., Alonso, J. J., "Towards a Hybrid Adjoint Approach for Arbitrarily Complex Partial Differential Equations," 30th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper 2012-3342, New Orleans, LA, June 2012.
- Lukaczyk, T., Colonno, M., Palacios, F., and Alonso, J. J., "Response Surface Methodologies for Low-Boom Supersonic Aircraft Design using Equivalent Area Distributions," 12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA Paper 2012-5707, Indianapolis, IN, September 2012.
- Economon, T. D., Palacios, F., Alonso, J. J., "A Coupled-Adjoint Method for Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Optimization," 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA Paper 2012-5598, Indianapolis, IN, Sept. 2012.
- Colonno, M., Naik, K., Duraisamy, K., Alonso, J. J., "An Adjoint-Based Multidisciplinary Optimization Framework for Rotorcraft Systems," 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, AIAA Paper 2012-5656, Indianapolis, IN, Sept. 2012.
- Palacios, F., Colonno, M. R., Aranake, A. C., Campos, A., Copeland, S. R., Economon, T. D., Lonkar, A. K., Lukaczyk,T. W., Taylor, T. W. R., and Alonso, J. J., “Stanford University Unstructured (SU2): An open-source integrated computational environment for multi-physics simulation and design,” 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, AIAA Paper 2013-0287, Grapevine, TX, Jan. 2013.
- Aranake, A., Lakshminarayan, V., Duraisamy, K., "Computational Analysis of Shrouded Wind Turbine Configurations," 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, AIAA Paper 2013-1211, Grapevine, TX, Jan. 2013.
- Copeland, S. R., Lonkar, A. K., Palacios, F., and Alonso, J. J., "Adjoint-Based Goal-Oriented Mesh Adaptation for Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Flows," 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, AIAA Paper 2013-0552, Grapevine, TX, Jan. 2013.
- Economon, T. D., Palacios, F., Alonso, J. J., "Unsteady Aerodynamic Design on Unstructured Meshes with Sliding Interfaces and Active Flow Control," 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, AIAA Paper 2013-0632, Grapevine, TX, Jan. 2013.
- Lukaczyk, T., Taylor, T., Palacios, F., and Alonso, J. J., "Managing Gradient Inaccuracies while Enhancing Response Surface Models," 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, AIAA Paper 2013-1042, Grapevine, TX, Jan. 2013.
The following reports, articles, and texts were used as reference material during the implementation of the SU2 suite. Please see these references for more detail on particular components of the code:
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