A highly convenient design support method and design support system for a heat convection field or a mass diffusion field which significantly reduce the number of times of numerical simulation required to examine the designing parameters for achieving the design purpose. The design support method includes a forward analysis step of analyzing the heat convection field or the mass diffusion field by solving an equation of the heat convection field or the mass diffusion field based on an initially set value of a designing parameter, an inverse analysis step of analyzing a sensitivity defined by a change ratio of the design purpose to a designing parameter change by solving an adjoint equation corresponding to the design purpose based on the set design purpose, and a sensitivity display step of displaying information on the sensitivity analyzed by inverse analysis step as a graphic image on the display device.
G06G 7/56 - Analogue computers for specific processes, systems, or devices, e.g. simulators for heat flow
G06G 7/57 - Analogue computers for specific processes, systems, or devices, e.g. simulators for fluid flow
G06G 7/48 - Analogue computers for specific processes, systems, or devices, e.g. simulators
G06F 7/60 - Methods or arrangements for performing computations using a digital non-denominational number representation, i.e. number representation without radixComputing devices using combinations of denominational and non-denominational quantity representations
G06F 7/64 - Digital differential analysers, i.e. computing devices for differentiation, integration or solving differential or integral equations, using pulses representing incrementsOther incremental computing devices for solving difference equations
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THERMAL CONVECTION FIELD/SUBSTANCE DIFFUSION FIELD DESIGN SUPPORTING METHOD, DESIGN SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND DESIGN SUPPORTING PROGRAM
A thermal convection field/substance diffusion field design supporting method and system in which the number of numerical simulations for examining the design parameters to realize a design target are significantly reduced, and which are rich in versatility and convenience. The design supporting method comprises a forward analysis step S3 of analyzing a thermal convection field or a substance diffusion field by solving the equation of the thermal convection field or the substance diffusion field according to the initial set values of the design parameters, an inverse analysis step S6 of analyzing the sensitivity defined using the ratio of a variation of the design target to a variation of a design parameter by solving the adjoint equation corresponding to the design target according to the set design target, and a sensitivity display step S7 of allowing a display unit to graphically display the information on the analyzed sensitivity thereon.
