2-D and 3-D Unstructured Mesh Adaption Relying on Physical Analogy

Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Fluid Mechanics `88, Pineridge Press, pp.653-662, 1988

MESHING
RESEARCH
CORNER

in proceedings:
Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Fluid Mechanics '88, Edited by S. Sengupta, J. Hauser, P.R. Eiseman, J. F. Thompson.
Copyright 1988 Pineridge Press
ISBN 0-906674-68-9

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Abstract
A mesh deformation method that keeps unstructured triangulations admissible is discussed; it relies on a spring system combined with a pseudo-pressure penalty term. Applications to 2-D and 3-D steady Euler flow calculations are presented.