A simple method for automatic update of finite element meshes

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-19

  Chiandussi, G ^a   Bugeda, G ^b   Onate E ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic analysis; Automatic mesh update; Finite element method; Fluid dynamic analysis; Shape optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; OPTIMIZATION;

FINITE ELEMENT MESHES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

AERODYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 0034117470     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(200001)16:1<1::AID-CNM310>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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