Implementation of a transient adaptive sub-cell module for the parallel-DSMC code using unstructured grids

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1136-1145

  Su, C C ^a   Tseng, K C ^b   Cave, H M ^a,c   Wu, J S ^a   Lian, Y Y ^b   Kuo, T C ^b   Jermy, M C ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DSMC; Sub cell; Unsteady; Vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DRIVEN CAVITY FLOW; SAMPLING CELLS; STRUCTURED GRID; SUB-CELL; SUB-CELLS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CYLINDER; UNSTEADY PROCESS; UNSTEADY VORTICES; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; HYPERSONIC FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

VORTEX SHEDDING;

EID: 77952550272     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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