A 3D unstructured mesh adaptation algorithm for time-dependent shock-dominated problems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-104

  Speares, W ^a   Berzins, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D tetrahedral adaptation; Shock capturing; Shock diffraction; Time dependent

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFRACTION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHOCK WAVES; SUBSONIC FLOW; SUPERSONIC FLOW;

MESH ADAPTATION; RIEMANN SOLVER; SHOCK CAPTURING;

GAS DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031185471     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19970715)25:1<81::aid-fld541>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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