Special Course on Unstructured Grid Methods for Advection Dominated Flows (Les Methodes Utilisant un Maillage non Structure Pour l'Etude des Ecoulements Caracterises par l'Advection)

Abstract

The objective of the course notes is to present the state-of-the-art, as well as recent developments in unstructured grid methods, suitable for the computation of high Reynolds number and incompressible flows, and other related subjects. Topics and methods covered include: (1) Least Squares Galerkin and Streamline Diffusion Finite Element Methods; (2) Finite Volume Methods and Higher Order Polynomial Reconstruction; (3) Essentially Non Oscillatory Schemes for Unstructured Grids; (4) Multidimensional Upwind Schemes on Triangles and Tetrahedra; (5) Grid Generation Methods for Unstructured Grids Using the Frontal Method and Delaunay Principle; (6) Turbulence Modelling on Unstructured Grids; (7) Error Estimators and Solution Adaptivity; (8) Parallel Computing on Unstructured Grid; and (9) Post Processing Unstructured Grid Data Bases for Flow Visualization Analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA256061

Entities

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Differential Equations
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Parallel Computing
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trees (Data Structures)
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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