ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR COMPRESSIBLE FLOW PROBLEMS. Conference Paper

abstract

• In this paper, the authors summarize recent work on adaptive finite element methods for the solution of transient Euler equations in two-dimensional domains. A common theme in contemporary computational fluid dynamics (CFD) literature is the generation of appropriate meshes for large-scale calculations. The reason that adaptive finite element methods have something special to offer in CFD is: (1) To judge the quality of a solution, one must have a means for a-posteriori error estimation. Such estimates are available for finite element methods; (2) To change the structure of an approximation, one must have the means to distort meshes, add or subtract mesh cells, and enrich local approximations in a way that is independent of the geometry of the flow domain and of a global coordinate system; finite elements provide the flexibility to satisfy these requirements.

authors

• Strouboulis, Theofanis

published proceedings

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

author list (cited authors)

• Oden, J. T., Strouboulis, T., & Devloo, P.

complete list of authors

• Oden, JT||Strouboulis, T||Devloo, P

publication date

• January 1986

published in

• ASME Applied Mechanics Division -Publications- Amd  Journal

start page

• 115

end page

• 126

volume

• 78