A method for particle location and field interpolation on complex, three-dimensional computational meshes

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 607-614

  Oliveira, P J ^a   Gosman, A D ^b   Issa, R I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational mesh; Interpolation; Location; Particle location

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

PARTICLE LOCATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 0031365996     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9978(97)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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