CFD techniques are increasingly being use in the design and analysis of marine propulsor systems. One of the major contributors to this trend has been the rapid increase in the availability of computational resources. This sharp increase in computational resources has been effected mainly due to the advant of parallel computing. In this paper, the authors discuss the parallel implementation of a 3-D Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes solver in an effort to solve problems that aid in the design of marine propulsor systems. As a demonstrative case we consider the flow through an Inlet Guided Vane. The IGV has a truly non-uniform distortion in the circumferential direction that necessitates the simulation of the entire balde row concurrently.
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