Issues in computational fluid dynamics code verification and validation

AIAA Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 687-695

  Oberkampf, William L ^a,b   Blottner, Frederick G ^a,b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

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EID: 0000917058     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.456     Document Type: Article

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