Estimating grid-induced errors in navier-stokes solutions by euler discrete-error-transport equations

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 7503-7511

  Qin, Y ^a,c   Chi, X ^a   Shih, T I P ^b,d  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c Caterpillar ^*  (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW DOMAIN; FLUENT CODE; GRID-INDUCED ERRORS; MACH NUMBER;

AIRFOILS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMBER THEORY;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 30744457854     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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