Boundary-Fitted Coordinate Systems for Three-Dimensional Regions Containing Ship-Like Bodies.

Abstract

A method for numerically generating boundary-fitted coordinate systems for three-dimensional regions containing ship-like bodies is the subject of this report. This procedure involves a transformation which maps the region of interest in physical space onto a region in computational space where a uniform grid is defined. The result is a curvilinear coordinate system in the physical region having coordinate lines coincident with all boundary contours.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058897

Entities

People

  • Roderick M. Coleman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Complex Variables
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Maps
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Poisson Equation
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Space