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H-p adaptive finite-element method for steady compressible flow

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:7199371

An h-p adaptive finite-element method is derived for the numerical simulation of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Several numerical algorithms are compared for the simulation of one- and two-dimensional convection problems. An adaptive procedure is developed for simultaneously refining the finite-element grid and increasing the degree of the polynomial approximation. Adaptive strategies are developed for both steady-state and time-dependent problems. Finally, convergence acceleration techniques such as a block Jacobi method, a multigrid acceleration technique for adaptively refined meshes, and an element-elimination technique are developed and implemented. Representative two-dimensional problems in compressible viscous flow are solved.

Research Organization:
Texas Univ., Austin (USA)
OSTI ID:
7199371
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English