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Unstructured finite element mesh generation and adaptive procedures for CFD
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Numerical AnalysisEngineeringGeometryMechanical EngineeringGeometry GenerationComputer-aided DesignStructural OptimizationComputational MechanicsMesh AdaptivityViscous ComputationsMesh OptimizationNumerical SimulationComputational GeometryGeometry ProcessingGeometric ModelingDesignComputational Fluid DynamicsUnstructured Mesh GenerationUnstructured MeshesFinite Element MethodAerospace EngineeringNatural SciencesMesh ReductionAerodynamicsAdaptive ProceduresStructural Mechanics
A method is described for generating unstructured meshes of triangles or tetrahedra for computational domains of complex geometrical shape. To illustrate the power of the approach, it is applied to the solution of flows past several complete aircraft configurations. The advocated approach allows for the natural incorporation of mesh adaptivity and this is demonstrated for both inviscid and viscous computations in two and three dimensions.