51. Error comparison in tracked anduntracked spherical simulations
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Dutta, S., Glimm, J., Grove, J.W., Sharp, D.H., and Zhang, Yongmin
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AXIAL flow , *ALGORITHMS , *ERROR analysis in mathematics , *NUMERICAL analysis , *SIMULATION methods & models - Abstract
Abstract: This paper follows our earlier work on axisymmetric flows [1–4] where algorithms, theories, experiments, simulations, applications, and validations were presented. Here we study the effectiveness and efficiency of explicit front tracking by comparing the L 1-error for spherical shock refraction simulations with and without tracking. We find that front tracking reduces the level of mesh refinement needed to achieve a specified error tolerance by a significant factor compared to corresponding methods without tracking, thus substantially reducing the computational time as well as memory usage for simulations with contacts or material interfaces. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2004
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