On the performance of discrete adjoint CFD codes using automatic differentiation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 939-945

  Muller J D ^a   Cusdin, P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adifor; Automatic differentiation; CFD; Discrete adjoint; TAF; TAMC; Tapenade

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIATION (AD); CFD CODES; COST VARIABLES; INPUT VARIABLES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 15744387607     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.885     Document Type: Article

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