Grid generation techniques utilizing the volume grid manipulator

29th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 1-10

  Alter, Stephen J ^a  

^a Lockheed Martin Engineering and Sciences Hampton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; MESH GENERATION;

CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; GEOMETRICAL CHANGES; GRID MANIPULATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SCRIPTING LANGUAGES; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; VEHICLE COMPONENTS; VEHICLE GEOMETRY;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 84959356593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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