A procedure for the estimation of the numerical uncertainty of CFD calculations based on grid refinement studies

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2014.01.006zbMath1349.76604OpenAlexW2065735884MaRDI QIDQ348841

M. Hoekstra, Luís Eça

Publication date: 5 December 2016

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2014.01.006

zbMATH Keywords

error estimationdiscretization errorsnumerical uncertainty

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for the numerical solution of initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M50)

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Uses Software

• Spalart-Allmaras

Cites Work

• Evaluation of numerical error estimation based on grid refinement studies with the method of the manufactured solutions
• Review of code and solution verification procedures for computational simulation
• On one-dimensional stretching functions for finite-difference calculations
• Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics
• Applied Regression Analysis
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