ADAPTIVE FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD FOR MIXED CONVECTION

Authors
PELLETIER D ILINCA F
Citation
D. Pelletier et F. Ilinca, ADAPTIVE FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD FOR MIXED CONVECTION, Journal of thermophysics and heat transfer, 9(4), 1995, pp. 708-714
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Mechanical",Thermodynamics
Journal title
Journal of thermophysics and heat transfer → ACNP
ISSN journal
08878722
Volume
9
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
708 - 714
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-8722(1995)9:4<708:AFMFMC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
This article presents an adaptive remeshing finite element method to s alve heat transfer problems by mixed convection. Solutions are obtaine d in primitive variables using a high-order finite element approximati on on unstructured grids. Two general estimators are developed for ana lyzing finite element solutions to planar and axisymmetric mixed conve ction heat transfer problems. The methodology is applied to heal trans fer predictions for two cases of practical interest.