Assessing generalized mesh quality via CFD solution validation

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2927-2940

  Chalasani, S ^a,b,c   Luke, E A ^a,c,d   Senguttuvan, V ^a,e   Thompson, D S ^a,c,d  

^a Computational Simulation and Design Center ^*  (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OXYGEN;

MESH REFINEMENT ALGORITHMS; NAVIER-STOKES FLOW SOLVER; POLYHEDRA;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 30744471953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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