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Eighth Mississippi State - UAB Conference on Differential Equations & Computational Simulations
May 7-9, 2009
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS, USA

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Mississippi State University & University of Alabama - Birmingham

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Truncation Error for Finite Volume Approximations on Unstructured Grids
by
C. Wayne Mastin
University of Alabama at Birmingham

This presentation will examine the effect of grid properties on the truncation error in finite volume approximations on unstructured grids. Such properties as nonuniformity in grid point spacing and grid quality can reduce the formal order of approximation. The study includes both two and three-dimensional grids and applies to tetrahedral, prismatic, and hexahedral cells. These results should further motivate the need for examining grid quality in all computational simulations.

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Date received: March 31, 2009

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