Release Notes

The 0.7.0 release of Aither is available on Github. This release adds a thermally perfect gas model, the ability to assign initial conditions from a cloud of points, and the AUSMPW+ inviscid flux scheme. These options can be invoked in the input file as shown below.

thermodynamicModel: thermallyPerfect
initialConditions: <icState(tag=-1; file=cloudOfPoints.dat)>
inviscidFlux: ausm

Features Added

  • Thermally perfect gas model
  • Ability to assign initial conditions from file
  • AUSMPW+ inviscid flux
  • Test cases
    • Thermally perfect supersonic flow over ramp
    • Uniform flow testing interblock orientations