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Application Of An Hp-Adaptive Finite Element Method For Thermal Flow Problems, Xiuling Wang, Darrell Pepper
Application Of An Hp-Adaptive Finite Element Method For Thermal Flow Problems, Xiuling Wang, Darrell Pepper
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research
Numerical results are presented for a set of convective thermal flow problems using an hp-adaptive finite element technique. The hp-adaptive model is based on mesh refinement and spectral order incensement to produce enhanced accuracy while attempting to minimize computational requirements. An a-posteriori error estimator based on the L2 norm is employed to guide the adaptation procedure. Example test cases consisting of natural convection in a differentially heated enclosure, flow with forced convection heat transfer over a backward facing step and natural convection within an enclosed partition are presented. Numerical results are compared with published data in the …