Minimization of the Truncation Error by Grid Adaptation

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 459-497

  Yamaleev, Nail K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Error equidistribution; Finite difference approximation; Grid adaptation criterion; Truncation error

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; DISCRETIZATIONS; EQUIDISTRIBUTION; ERROR EQUIDISTRIBUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATIONS; GRID ADAPTATION; GRID ADAPTATION CRITERIA; MINIMISATION; NON-UNIFORM MESH; TRUNCATION ERRORS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0000375049     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2001.6745     Document Type: Article

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