Anisotropic mesh adaptation in computational fluid dynamics: Application to the advection-diffusion-reaction and the Stokes problems

Applied Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 51, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 511-533

  Formaggia, Luca ^a   Micheletti, Stefano ^a   Perotto, Simona ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimators; Advection diffusion reaction problem; Anisotropic mesh adaption; Computational fluid dynamics; Finite element methods; Stokes problem

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION KINETICS;

A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATORS; ADVECTION-DIFFUSION-REACTION PROBLEM; ANISOTROPIC MESH ADAPTION; STOKES PROBLEM;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 7544240625     PISSN: 01689274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnum.2004.06.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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