Adaptive grid refinement using cell-level and global imbalances

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-392

  Chang, S ^a   Haworth, D C ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; Error estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA STRUCTURES; ESTIMATION; KINETIC THEORY; LAMINAR FLOW; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ADAPTIVE GRID REFINEMENT; ERROR ESTIMATION; GLOBAL IMBALANCES; LID DRIVEN CAVITY; MESH REFINEMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL STEADY INCOMPRESSIBLE LAMINAR BENCHMARK PROBLEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GRIDS;

EID: 0031080044     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19970228)24:4<375::AID-FLD499>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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