A solution-adaptive mesh procedure for predicting confined explosions

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-247

  Watterson, John K ^a   Connell, Isobel J ^b   Savill, A Mark ^b   Dawes, William N ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; CFD; Confined explosions; Multiple obstacles; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 0031704135     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19980130)26:2<235::AID-FLD639>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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