Hi,
I’m seeking advice for a custom interface between a CFD solver and a thermal solver. I am sending face-centered heat fluxes to the thermal solver, and receiving nodal surface temperatures and displacements
(the thermal solver has a moving mesh along with the heat transfer solution). The moving mesh velocity is quite small, but not negligible. The thermal solver typically consists of all tetrahedron, while the CFD mesh is all hexes.
For a nearest-neighbor mapping scheme, what is the recommended mapping constraint for either participant in this situation? I have experimented with “read-consistent” for both sides, but I keep noticing that some nodes on the thermal side get “hot spots” with respect to surrounding nodes at time points later during the coupled simulation. Should I go for a nearest-projection mapping in this case, or consider a consistent-conservative scheme?