3D transient fixed point mesh adaptation for time-dependent problems: Application to CFD simulations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 592-623

  Alauzet, F ^a   Frey, P J ^b   George, P L ^a   Mohammadi, B ^c  

^a INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropic metrics; CFD; Euler equations; Geometric error estimate; Mesh adaptation; Time dependent problems; Unit mesh

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ERRORS; EULER EQUATIONS; MESH GENERATION; NUMBER THEORY;

ADAPTATION SCHEME; ANISOTROPIC METRIC; CFD SIMULATIONS; ERROR ESTIMATES; EULER'S EQUATION; GEOMETRIC ERROR ESTIMATE; GEOMETRIC ERRORS; MESH ADAPTATION; TIME-DEPENDENT PROBLEM; UNIT MESH;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33847200449     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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