Development and evaluation of an à posteriori method for estimating and correcting grid-induced errors in solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shih, Tom I P ^a   Williams, Brandon R ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW;

EQUATION SOLUTION; ERROR TRANSPORT EQUATION; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; LAMINAR VISCOUS FLOW; NAVIER STOKES SOLUTION; RESIDUAL MODEL; SECOND-ORDER ACCURACY; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 78549265153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-1499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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