Generation of Orthogonal Boundary-Fitted Coordinate Systems.

Abstract

Various methods for numerically generating orthogonal boundary-fitted coordinate systems are discussed. Simple generating equations are used with coordinate distributions specified on all of the boundaries. Iterative determination of orthogonalizing source terms for Poisson generating system yields better results and is applied successfully to several geometries. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107851

Entities

People

  • Henry J. Haussling
  • Roderick M. Coleman

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analytic Functions
  • Boundaries
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Complex Variables
  • Conformal Mapping
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Iterations
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Poisson Equation
  • Real Variables

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Computer Programming and Software Development.