Best practices in overset grid generation

32nd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Chan, William M ^a   Gomez III, Reynaldo J ^b   Rogers, Stuart E ^a   Buning, Pieter G ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICES; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; GEOMETRY PROCESSING; GRID GENERATION; HIGH-LIFT DEVICES; ROTORCRAFT VEHICLES; SPACE ACCESS; SUPERSONIC VEHICLES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 84896693857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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