The AFWL HULL code codes for large problems fluid dynamics

Abstract

The Air Force Weapons Laboratory (AFWL) has maintained a strong interest in large scale fluid dynamics problems since its establishment some ten years ago. Typically, these problems have a spatial extent which changes by several orders of magnitude between the initial conditions and the solution of interest. Time variations of orders of magnitude are also possible. In any case the large scale fluid dynamics problems solved by AFWL may be defined as those in which the smallest lineal resolution desired is less than one percent of the total dimension of interest. A large number of problems fit into this category in two and three dimensions. The AFWL has developed a system of solution for such problems which is easy to use, adaptable to many different problems and computers, and, most importantly, extremely accurate. This system is represented by the HULL code. The basic part of the code is a second order accurate, multi-dimensional Eulerian hydrodynamic code. The differencing method was developed by Capt. D. Matuska at AFWL and is itself unique.