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Finite elements for transonic potential flows
Author(s) -
Berger H.,
Warnecke G.,
Wendland W.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
numerical methods for partial differential equations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.901
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1098-2426
pISSN - 0749-159X
DOI - 10.1002/num.1690060103
Subject(s) - transonic , computation , mathematics , finite element method , entropy (arrow of time) , mathematical analysis , calculus (dental) , mechanics , algorithm , physics , thermodynamics , aerodynamics , medicine , dentistry
A finite element method is used for the computation of entropy solutions to the transonic full potential equation. Physically correct solutions with sharp and correctly placed shocks were obtained. (AMS (MOS) 1980 Mathematics subject classifications: 65N30, 76N15, 35M05, 76H05, 49D10, 35A40, 35L67.)