An automated approach for solution based Mesh adaptation to enhance numerical accuracy for a given number of grid cells applied to steady flow on hexahedral grids

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-175

  Lucas, Peter ^a   Van Zuijlen, Alexander H ^a   Bijl, Hester ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computation refinement threshold; Solution based mesh adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; AUTOMATED APPROACH; COMPUTATION REFINEMENT THRESHOLD; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; FLOW PROBLEMS; MESH ADAPTATION; NUMBER OF GRIDS; NUMERICAL ACCURACY; POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY; WIND TURBINE AIRFOILS;

AIRFOILS; ENGINES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 67049162106     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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