Accession Number:

ADA151175

Title:

Application of Adaptive Grids in Solving the Partial Differential Equations Governing Fluid Flow.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 May 83-31 Jul 84,

Corporate Author:

IOWA STATE UNIV AMES ENGINEERING RESEARCH INST

Personal Author(s):

• Anderson,D. A.
• Hindman,R. G.

Report Date:

1984-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

60.0

Abstract:

A brief review of the goals and progress of the research on adaptive grid generation is presented. The principal results of the research are given by four papers supported by Grant AFOSR-83-0167 which comprise the appendix Adaptive Grid Methods for Partial Differential Equations from Advances on Grid Generation, and AIAA papers 84-1608, 84-1610, and 84-1668. Keywords Grid generation Adaptive grids Multidimensional Finite difference methods.

Descriptors:

• *FLUID FLOW
• GRIDS
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• FINITE DIFFERENCE THEORY
• ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES

Subject Categories:

• Numerical Mathematics
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE