NUMERICAL GROUND MOTION STUDIES. VOLUME I. STUDY OF NUMERICAL SOLUTION ERRORS IN ONE- AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL FINITE DIFFERENCE CALCULATIONS OF GROUND MOTION.

Abstract

Results are presented of a study to determine numerical solution errors in two-dimensional hydrodynamic calculations of surface bursts. The changes in solution errors due to variations in mesh point distribution are studied in one and two dimensions; the results of the investigation are applied to improving the solution to a two-dimensional problem. A method is described which allows a grid to expand automatically to contain a moving shock. Methods are presented for achieving several kinds of mesh point distributions based on a geometric progression in the distance between mesh points. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0818301

Entities

People

  • John G. Trulio
  • John J. Germroth
  • William E. Carr
  • William J. Niles

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Explosions
  • Geometry
  • Mathematics
  • Surface Burst
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.