Error analysis of the finite-volume method with respect to mesh type

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 414-439

  Juretic F ^a   Gosman, A D ^b  

^a AVL AST   (Croatia)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SIZE; CELL TYPES; HEXAHEDRAL MESH; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; POLYHEDRAL MESHES; SOLUTION ACCURACY; TRUNCATION ERRORS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954444146     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407791003685155     Document Type: Article

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