An adaptive gridless methodology in one dimension
- Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)
Gridless numerical analysis offers great potential for accurately solving for flow about complex geometries or moving boundary problems. Because gridless methods do not require point connection, the mesh cannot twist or distort. The gridless method utilizes a Taylor series about each point to obtain the unknown derivative terms from the current field variable estimates. The governing equation is then numerically integrated to determine the field variables for the next iteration. Effects of point spacing and Taylor series order on accuracy are studied, and they follow similar trends of traditional numerical techniques. Introducing adaption by point movement using a spring analogy allows the solution method to track a moving boundary. The adaptive gridless method models linear, nonlinear, steady, and transient problems. Comparison with known analytic solutions is given for these examples. Although point movement adaption does not provide a significant increase in accuracy, it helps capture important features and provides an improved solution.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 399949
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-96-2343; ON: DE97000830
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Sep 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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