Solution adaptive mesh generation using feature-aligned embedded surface meshes

AIAA Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1879-1888

  Ito, Y ^a,c   Shih, A ^a,c   Koomullil, R ^a,c   Kasmai, N ^b,d   Jankun Kelly, M ^b,d   Thompson, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MESH GENERATION; ADAPTIVE MESHES; CELL FACES; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; DETECTION ALGORITHM; LOCAL GRIDS; MESH REFINEMENT; SURFACE MESH;

CELL MEMBRANES; REFINING;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 69949113197     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.39378     Document Type: Article

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