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Adaptive triangular mesh generationA general adaptive grid algorithm is developed on triangular grids. The adaptivity is provided by a combination of node addition, dynamic node connectivity and a simple node movement strategy. While the local restructuring process and the node addition mechanism take place in the physical plane, the nodes are displaced on a monitor surface, constructed from the salient features of the physical problem. An approximation to mean curvature detects changes in the direction of the monitor surface, and provides the pulling force on the nodes. Solutions to the axisymmetric Grad-Shafranov equation demonstrate the capturing, by triangles, of the plasma-vacuum interface in a free-boundary equilibrium configuration.
Document ID
19840055215
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Erlebacher, G.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Eiseman, P. R.
(Columbia, University New York, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1984
Subject Category
Numerical Analysis
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 84-1607
Accession Number
84A38002
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: AF-AFOSR-82-0176
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG1-355
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-AC02-7675-3016
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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