A finite element method for three-dimensional unstructured grid smoothing

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 281-297

  Hansen, Glen ^a   Zardecki, Andrew ^a   Greening, Doran ^a   Bos, Randy ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptic smoothing; Finite elements; Galerkin methods; Mesh generation

Indexed keywords

GALERKIN METHODS; MESH GENERATION; TENSORS;

CARTESIAN COMPONENTS; ELLIPTIC SMOOTHING; FINITE ELEMENT; GRID COORDINATES; HARMONIC COORDINATES; METRIC TENSOR; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VARIATIONAL FORMULATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 8744301258     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2004.06.026     Document Type: Article

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