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Re: About Parachute Simulation

 

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:09:11PM -0600, feng hobble wrote:
> Dear everyone,
> 
> I am trying to simulate a fully inflated parachute fixed with cables and the
> air flow around it.
> 
> I am new to gmsh, dolfin and unicorn. In my understanding by learning this
> week, in order to simulate an extremely large deformation fluid-structure
> interaction problem, I need to use gmsh generate parachute and surrounding
> volume mesh separately. Then, use python-convert convert the *.msh file to
> *.xml so dolfin can read it. Then, I can use the package unicorn developed by
> TACO group to do the FSI couple work. I did not go deep into each part to
> understand them better yet.
> I think I need your help to make sure I am on the right track.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Zhanjun

Sounds about right. Try asking on unicorn-dev for help on using
Unicorn.

-- 
Anders


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