A node-centered local refinement algorithm for Poisson's equation in complex geometries

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-60

  McCorquodale, Peter ^a   Colella, Phillip ^a   Grote, David P ^b   Vay, Jean Luc ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; Cartesian grid methods; Finite difference methods; Multigrid methods; Poisson equation; Shortley Weller

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EXTRAPOLATION; HEAVY IONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MESH GENERATION; POISSON EQUATION;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; CARTESIAN GRID METHODS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; LOCAL REFINEMENT; MESH REFINEMENT; MULTIGRID METHODS; REFINEMENT ALGORITHMS; SECOND ORDERS; SHORTLEY-WELLE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 13844270736     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2004.04.022     Document Type: Article

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