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Application Of H-, P- And Hp-Adaptation For Convective Heat Transfer Problems, Xiuling Wang, Darrell W. Pepper
Application Of H-, P- And Hp-Adaptation For Convective Heat Transfer Problems, Xiuling Wang, Darrell W. Pepper
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research
The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and employment of an hp-adaptive finite element method (FEM) algorithm for solving heat transfer problems in partitioned enclosures, which has attracted the attention of both experimental and theoretical researchers in recent years.
Design/methodology/approach – In the hp-adaptive FEM algorithm presented here, both the element
size and the shape function order are dynamically controlled by an a posteriori error estimator based on the L2 norm; a three-step adaptation strategy is used with a projection algorithm for the flow solver.
Findings – Simulation results are obtained for 2D and 3D natural convection …