Error estimation using the error transport equation for finite-volume methods and arbitrary meshes

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 463-479

  Hay, A ^a   Visonneau, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES FLUIDES   (France)

Author keywords

Discretization error; Error equation; Error estimation; Finite volume unstructured grid; Navier Stokes equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250202933     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560600835934     Document Type: Article

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