Quantification of uncertainty in computational fluid dynamics

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 29, Issue , 1997, Pages 123-160

  Roache, P J ^a  

^a Ecodynamics Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Error estimation; Numerical uncertainty; Validation; Verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000559492     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.29.1.123     Document Type: Article

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