Grid convergence error analysis for mixed-order numerical schemes

AIAA Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 595-604

  Roy, Christopher J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SHOCK WAVES;

GRID CONVERGENCE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037392470     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2013     Document Type: Article

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