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Title: Analytic streamline calculations on linear tetrahedra

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OSTI ID:654098

Analytic solutions for streamlines within tetrahedra are used to define operators that accurately and efficiently compute streamlines. The method presented here is based on linear interpolation, and therefore produces exact results for linear velocity fields. In addition, the method requires less computation than the forward Euler numerical method. Results are presented that compare accuracy measurements of the method with forward Euler and fourth order Runge-Kutta applied to both a linear and a nonlinear velocity field.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
654098
Report Number(s):
ANL/MCS/P-660-0597; CONF-970666-; ON: DE97054279; TRN: AHC2DT05%%182
Resource Relation:
Conference: 13. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics computational fluid dynamics conference, Snowmass, CO (United States), 29 Jun - 2 Jul 1997; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English