Force and moment partitioning influence potential solver 3D

Computes 3D influence potential of the force and moment partitioning method using the MATLAB Partial Differential Equation Toolbox.

% Construct an auxiliary potential field for FMPM using the PDE Toolbox

% by Yuanhang Zhu and Xiaowei He @ Brown University

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% 10/06/2023 Version 1.0.0: Original version

% 08/02/2024 Version 1.1.0: Fixed lift & drag potential directions

% 09/03/2024 Version 1.2.0: Fixed .stl file, no code change

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% This code computes the three-dimensional auxiliary potential field of the

% Force and Moment Partitioning Method (FMPM, Menon and Mittal 2021) using

% the MATLAB PDE Toolbox.

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% To make a reference to this code, please cite Zhu & Breuer (2023).

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% For questions, please contact [e-mail]

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% Reference

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% Menon, K. & Mittal, R. (2021). Quantitative analysis of the kinematics

% and induced aerodynamic loading of individual vortices in vortex-

% dominated flows: A computation and data-driven approach. Journal of

% Computational Physics 443, 110515.

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% Zhu, Y. & Breuer, K. (2023). Flow-induced oscillations of pitching swept

% wings: Stability boundary, vortex dynamics and force partitioning.

% Journal of Fluid Mechanics 977, A1.

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