Adaptive boundary layer meshing for viscous flow simulations

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-285

  Sahni, Onkar ^a   Jansen, Kenneth E ^a   Shephard, Mark S ^a   Taylor, Charles A ^b   Beall, Mark W ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Simmetrix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer meshes; Computational fluid dynamics; Mesh adaptation; Mixed hybrid meshes; Viscous flow simulations

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANISOTROPY; BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DRAG REDUCTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GAS DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VISCOUS FLOW; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ADAPTIVE APPROACH; ANISOTROPIC ELEMENTS; ANISOTROPIC MESH ADAPTATION; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN (CD); FLOW APPLICATIONS; FLOW FEATURES; FLOW QUANTITIES; HIGH SPEED FLOWS; MESH MODIFICATION; MESH RESOLUTION; MIXED ELEMENT; SEMI-STRUCTURED; SPRINGER (CO); TWO TYPES; UNSTRUCTURED MESH GENERATION; VISCOUS FLOW SIMULATIONS; WALL SHEAR STRESS (WSS);

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 46749097150     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: 14355663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00366-008-0095-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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