Finite element methods for high speed flows
Abstract
An explicit finite element based solution procedure for solving the equations of compressible viscous high speed flow is presented. The method uses domain splitting to advance the solution with different timesteps on different portions of the mesh. For steady inviscid flows, adaptive mesh refinement procedures are successfully employed to enhance the definition of discontinuities. Preliminary ideas on the application of adaptive mesh refinement to the solution of problems involving steady viscous flow are presented. Sample timings are given for the performance of the finite element code on modern supercomputers.
- Publication:
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7th Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985cfd..conf..403L
- Keywords:
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- Aerodynamic Heating;
- Compressible Flow;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Finite Element Method;
- Flow Velocity;
- Viscous Flow;
- Computational Grids;
- High Speed;
- Inviscid Flow;
- Supercomputers;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer