Advanced unstructured grid generation for complex aerodynamic applications

AIAA Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 904-915

  Pirzadeh, Shahyar Z ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Building 45   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION METHODS; ADAPTIVE GRID REFINEMENT; AERODYNAMIC APPLICATIONS; ANISOTROPIC GRID; BOUNDING-BOX; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; GRID ECONOMY; GRID POINTS; HIGH QUALITY; LINE SOURCES; NEW APPROACHES; SURFACE SOURCES; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VOLUME SOURCE;

AERODYNAMICS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 77952473395     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.41355     Document Type: Article

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