Evaluation of a multi-solver paradigm for CFD using overset unstructured and structured adaptive cartesian grids

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sitaraman, Jayanarayanan ^a   Katz, Aaron ^b   Jayaraman, Buvana ^c,d   Wissink, Andrew M ^c,d   Sankaran, Venkateswaran ^c,d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CARTESIAN GRID; CARTESIANS; CFD CODES; CFD SOLVER; COMPUTATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE; DATA INTERPOLATION; DATA STORAGE; GRID SYSTEMS; HIGHER ORDER; MESH ADAPTATION; MULTI-CODE; OVERLAP REGION; TEST PROBLEM; UNSTEADY LAMINAR FLOW; VORTEX PROPAGATION;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; LAMINAR FLOW; SPHERES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 78049526381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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