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"J. of Aircraft #(#) Direct Optimization of Sonic Boom Ground Noise Via a
Coupled-Adjoint Method."
– Rodriguez, Aftosmis, Nemec, Rallabhandi, and Spurlock (4.1Mb, *pdf).
Mar. 2026.
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AIAA 2025-0772.
"Sonic Boom Ground Noise Minimization via the Adjoint Method."
– Rodriguez, D., Aftosmis, M.J., Nemec, M. and Rallabhandi, S. (7.2Mb, *pdf).
Jan. 2025.
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ICCFD12-[10-A-01]
"Implicit preconditioning for explicit multigrid solvers on cut-cell Cartesian meshes."
– Chiew, J., Aftosmis, M.J. (1.4Mb, *pdf).
July 2024.
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AIAA 2024-4669
"Discretization error estimation and control for farfield acoustic signatures."
– Rallabhandi, S., Nemec, M, Aftosmis, M.J. (1.9Mb, *pdf).
July 2024.
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AIAA 2024-4671
"Acoustic signature uncertainty quantification for quiet supersonic aircraft."
– Nemec, M., Bedonian, G., Aftosmis, M.J. (5.3Mb, *pdf).
July 2024.
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AIAA 2023-3727
"Recent enhancements to modeling sonic boom propagation using augmented Burgers' equation."
– Rallabhandi, S., Nemec, M, Aftosmis, M.J. (6.9Mb, *pdf).
June 2023.
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AIAA 2023-1792 "Parallel mesh
adaptation for unsteady blast simulations on Cartesian meshes"
– Spurlock, W., Aftosmis, M., Chiew, J., Nemec, M. (9.2Mb, *pdf).
Jan. 2023.
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AIAA
2022-4085 "Goal-Oriented Discretization Error Control in Coupled
Nearfield-Farfield Low-Boom Simulations"
– Nemec, M, Aftosmis, M.J., Rallabhandi, S. (8.7Mb, *pdf).
June
2022.
- VFS 2022:
"Medium-fidelity CFD modeling of multi-copter wakes for airborne
sensor measurements."
– Chiew, J.J., Aftosmis, M.J., Manies, K.L. (5.7Mb,
*pdf),
78th VFS, May 2022
- AIAA 2021-2624,
"Integral Velocity Sampling for Unsteady Rotor Models on Cartesian
Meshes"
– Chiew, J.J., Aftosmis, M.J., (4.1Mb,
*pdf), Jan
2022
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J. of Aircraft, 59(3) "Cartesian Mesh Simulations for the
Third AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop."
– Spurlock, W.M., Aftosmis, M.J., and Nemec, M.
(9.8Mb, *pdf), Oct.
2021
- AIAA 2021-2753.
"Uncertainty Estimates for Sonic-Boom Pressure Signatures and
Loudness Carpets"
– Nemec, M., Aftosmis, M.J., Smith, L., (4.4Mb, *pdf), Aug.
2021
- AIAA 2021-3030,
"Adjoint-Based Minimization of X-59 Sonic Boom Noise via Control
Surfaces"
– Rodriguez, D., Aftosmis, M.J.,
Nemec, M.J., and
Spurlock, W., (1.7Mb,
*pdf), Aug. 2021
- AIAA 2019-3488,
"Adjoint-Based Mesh Adaptation and Shape Optimization for
Simulations with Propulsion"
– Nemec, M., Rodriguez, D., and Aftosmis, M.J. (4.4Mb,
*pdf), June 2019
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J. of Aircraft, 56(3) "Nearfield summary and statistical
analysis of the second AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop."
– M. Park and M. Nemec, May, 2018. (2.4Mb, *pdf),
- "A Conservative,
Scalable, Space-Time Blade Element Rotor Model for Multi-rotor
Vehicles"
– Chiew, J., and Aftosmis, M. AHS 2018, (3.4Mb, *pdf), Jan.
2018
- AIAA Paper
2018-0334, "Formulation and implementation of inflow/outflow
boundary conditions to simulate propulsive
effects."
– Rodriguez, D. L., Aftosmis, M.J., & Nemec, M.
(5.3Mb, *pdf), Jan. 20180
- "Simulation-based
height of burst map for asteroid airburst damage
prediction."
– Aftosmis, M.J., Mathias, D.L., and Tarano, A.M.,
Acta Astronautica,
(1.8Mb, *pdf), 2017
- "An ODE-Based Wall Model
for Turbulent Flow Simulations"
– Berger, M., and Aftosmis, M.,
AIAA
Jol. 56(2), (10.6mb *.pdf),
2017
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"Numerical Prediction of Meteoric Infrasound Signatures"
– Nemec, M., Aftosmis, M.J, Brown, P.G.,
Planetary and Space Science,, (2.5Mb, *.pdf), 2017
- AIAA 2017-3255, "Cart3D
Simulations for the Second AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction
Workshop"
– Anderson, G.R., Aftosmis, M.J., Nemec, M., (6.3Mb,
*pdf)
- AIAA 2017-3189,
"Computational Modeling of Meteor-Generated Ground Pressure
Signatures"
– Nemec, M., Aftosmis, M.J, Brown, P.G., (2.5mb
*.pdf), Jan 2016
- AIAA 2017-0528, "An
ODE-based Wall Model for Turbulent Flow Simulations"
– Berger M.J. and Aftosmis, M.J, (6mb *.pdf), Jan
2016
- NASA/TP-2016- 219422,
JANNAF/GL-2016-0001 Advances in Verification, Validation, and
Uncertainty Quantification
– Nemec, M., and Aftosmis M.J, 2016.
- J. of Aircraft, 53(6).
"Optimization of Flexible Wings with Distributed Flaps at
Off-Design Conditions",
– Rodriguez, D. L., Aftosmis, M.J., Nemec, M.,
and Anderson, G.R.,
- AIAA 2016-0998,
"Numerical Simulation of Bolide Entry with Ground Footprint
Prediction",
– Aftosmis, M.J., Nemec, M., Mathias, D.L., and Berger, M.J.,
(5Mb, *.pdf), Jan. 2016
- AIAA 2015-3605, "Skylon
Aerodynamics and SABRE plumes
– Mehta, U., Aftosmis, M.J., Bowles, J.V., and Pandya, S.A.
(7Mb, *.pdf), Jul. 2015.
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AIAA 2015-0398, "Adaptive Shape Control for Aerodynamic
Design."
– Anderson, G.R., and Aftosmis, M.J. (3.6Mb, *.pdf), Jan.
2015
- AIAA 2015-1409,
"Optimized Off-Design Performance of Flexible Wings with Continuous
Trailing-Edge Flaps."
– Rodriguez, D. L., Aftosmis, M.J., Nemec, M., and Anderson,
G.R., (4.5Mb, *.pdf), Jan. 2014
- AIAA
2015-1719, "Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Benchmarks with Error
Control and Automatic Parameterization."
– Anderson, G.R., Nemec,
M., and Aftosmis, M. J., (10Mb, *.pdf), Jan.
2014
- NASA/TM 2014-218386 "Toward automatic
verification of goal-oriented flow
simulations"
– Nemec, M., and Aftosmis,
M.J.,
Aug.
2014 also
NAS Technical Report NAS-2014-04, Aug. 2014
- AIAA 2014-0558,
"Cart3D Simulations for the First AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop."
– Aftosmis, M.J. and Nemec, M., (6.3Mb, *.pdf), Jan. 2014
- AIAA 2014-0836, "Static Aeroelastic Analysis
with an Inviscid Cartesian Method
– Rodriguez, D.L., Aftosmis, M.J., Nemec, M., and
Smith, S.C. (2.5Mb, *.pdf), Jan 2014
- AIAA 2013-0865, "Output Error Estimates and
Mesh Refinement in Aerodynamic Shape
Optimization."
– Nemec, M., and Aftosmis, M. J., (4.3Mb, *.pdf), Jan. 2013
- AIAA 2013-0649, "Summary of the 2008 NASA
Fundamental Aeronautics Program Sonic Boom Prediction
Workshop.
– Park, M., Aftosmis, M..J., Campbell, R., Carter, M.,
Cliff, S., and Bangert, L. (6Mb, *.pdf), Jan 2013
- ICCFD7-4306,
"Inviscid Analysis of Extended Formation Flight"
– Kless, J., Aftosmis, M.J., Ning, S.A., and Nemec,
M., (11Mb .pdf), Jul. 2012
- ICCFD7-2001,
"Constraint-based Shape Parameterization for Aerodynamic
Design"
– Anderson, G.R., Aftosmis, M.J., and Nemec, M.,
(*.pdf 11Mb), Jul.. 2012
- ICCFD7-2005,
"Conceptual Design of Low Sonic Boom Aircraft Using Adjoint-Based
CFD"
– Wintzer, M., Kroo, I., Aftosmis, M., and Nemec, M.,
(6.6Mb, *.pdf), Jul. 2012
- ICCFD7-2006, "Design and Evaluation of a
Pressure Rail for Sonic Boom Measurement in Wind
Tunnels"
– Cliff, S.E., Elmiligui, A., Aftosmis, M.J.,
et.al, (6.6Mb, *.pdf), Jan. 2012
- AIAA 2012-1301, "Progress
Towards a Cartesian Cut-Cell Method for Viscous Compressible
Flow"
– Berger, M.J., and Aftosmis, M.J., with Allmaras, S.R.
(7.3Mb, *.pdf), Jan. 2012
- AIAA
2012-0965, "Parametric Deformation of Discrete Geometry for
Aerodynamic Shape Design"
– Anderson, G.R., Aftosmis, M.J. and Nemec, M. (4.1Mb,
*.pdf), Jan. 2012
- AIAA
2011-3500, "Adjoint-Based Low-Boom Design with
Cart3D"
– Aftosmis, M.J., Nemec, M., and Cliff, S.E., (3.4Mb,
*.pdf), Jun. 2011
- AIAA 2011-3194, "Analysis of
Inviscid Simulations for the Study of Supersonic
Retropropulsion"
– Bakhtian, N.,M., and Aftosmis, M.J.,
(8.6Mb, *.pdf), Jun. 2011
- AIAA
2011-3666, "Analysis of Grid Fins for Launch Abort Vehicle Using a
Cartesian Euler Solver"
– Kless, J., and Aftosmis, M.J., (5.5 Mb, *.pdf), Jun.
2011
- AIAA
2011-3496, "Sonic Boom Computations for a Mach 1.6 Cruise Low Boom
Configuration and Comparisons with Wind Tunnel Data"
– Elmiligui, Ciff, Wilcox, Bangert,
Nemec, Aftosmis and Parlette (9.3Mb, *.pdf), Jun. 2011
- IPPW-8 2011 "Maximum Attainable Drag Limits
for Atmospheric Entry via Supersonic
Retropropulsion"
– Bakhtian, N., and Aftosmis, M.J., (7.1Mb, *.pdf),
Jun. 2011
- AIAA 2011-1249,
"Parallel Adjoint Framework for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of
Component-Based Geometry"
– Nemec, M., and Aftosmis, M.J., (2.2Mb, *.pdf), Jan.
2011.
- AIAA 2010-1239,
"Parametric Study of Peripheral Nozzle Configurations for
Supersonic Retropropulsion">
– Bakhtian, N.M., and Aftosmis, M.J., (3.5Mb, *.pdf), Jan.
2010.
- EG-CAP-09-140: Analysis of the ALAS at
High-Alpha with ACM Jets Using Cart3D.
– Aftosmis, M.J., Schwing, A., and Stewart, P.C.,
NASA CEV Aerosciences Project Technical Brief, Nov. 2009
- ParCFD2009_"Exploring discretization
error in simulation-based aerodynamic databases"
– Aftosmis, M.J., and Nemec, M., 21st Internat. Conf. on Parallel CFD,
Mountain View CA, (2.2Mb, *.pdf), May 2009
- AIAA
2008-6026, "Structure-preserving parametric deformation of legacy
geometry"
– Berkenstock, D.C., and Aftosmis, M.J. (7Mb, *.pdf),
Sep. 2008
- AIAA
2008-6593, "Adjoint-based adaptive mesh refinement for sonic-boom
prediction,"
– Wintzer, M, Nemec, M., and Aftosmis, M.J.(4Mb,
*.pdf), Jun. 2008
- EG-CAP-08-99: Analysis of the ALAS
LAM/CM separation using Cart3D
– Aftosmis, M.J., NASA CEV Aerosciences Project
Technical Brief, May 2008
- AIAA 2008-1281,
"Effects of Jet-Interaction on Pitch Control of a Launch Abort
Vehicle,"
– Aftosmis, M.J. and Rogers, S.E. (12Mb, *.pdf), Jan.
2008
- AIAA 2008-0725,
"Adjoint-based adaptive mesh refinement for complex
geometries,"
– Nemec, M., Aftosmis, M.J., and Wintzer, M., (10Mb,
*.pdf), Jan. 2008
- AIAA 2008-0923,
"Automatic creation of quadrilateral patches on boundary
representations"
- Dannenhoffer, J.F., Aftosmis, M.J., (3Mb, *.pdf),
Jan. 2008
- EG-CAP-07-107: LAV-068 ACM Assessment using Cart3D
– Aftosmis, M.J., NASA CEV Aerosciences Project
Technical Brief, Aug. 2007
- EG-CAP-07-55: LAV-054 ACM Assessment using Cart3D
– Aftosmis, M.J., NASA CEV Aerosciences Project
Technical Brief, Jun. 2007
- "2007:
Petascale Computing: Impact on Future NASA Missions."
– Biswas, R., Aftosmis, M.J., Kiris, C., and Shen,
B.-W., In Petascale Computing: Arch. and Algs.
(D. Bader, ed.),Chapman and Hall / CRC Press, Dec.2007.
- AIAA 2007-4187 "Adjoint error estimation and
adaptive refinement for embedded-boundary Cartesian
meshes"
– Nemec, M.N., and
Aftosmis, M.J., (5Mb *.pdf) Jun. 2007
- AIAA 2007-0074 "Dynamic analysis of
atmospheric-entry probes and capsules",
– Murman, S.M., and Aftosmis, M.J. (*.pdf) Jan. 2007
- "On the use of Loop subdivision surfaces for
surrogate geometry"
– Persson, P-O.,
Aftosmis, M.J., and Haimes, R., 15th Internat. Meshing Roundable,
(*.pdf) Oct. 2007
- "Adjoint sensitivity computations for an
embedded-boundary Cartesian mesh method and CAD
geometry"
– Nemec, M. and
Aftosmis, M.J. 4th
International Conf. on Comp. Fluid Dynam, Ghent Belgium, (1Mb
*.pdf) July 2006
- AIAA 2006-3456 "Aerodynamic shape
optimization using a Cartesian adjoint method for CAD
geometry"
– Nemec, M. and Aftosmis, M.J. 24th AIAA
Applied Aerodynamics Conference, (1Mb *.pdf) June 2006
- AIAA 2006-0652 "Applications of a Cartesian
mesh boundary-layer approach for complex
configurations"
– Aftosmis, M.J., Berger, M.J., Alonso, J.J.,
(4.2Mb *.pdf) Jan. 2006
- AIAA
2006-0084 "A detailed performance characterization of Columbia
using aeronautics benchmarks and applications",
– Aftosmis, M.J., Berger, M.J., Biswas, R.,
Djomehri, M.J., Hood, R., Jin, H., and Kiris, C., (3.3Mb *.pdf), Jan.
2006
- SC|05 "High Resolution Aerospace Applications
using the NASA Columbia Supercomputer",
– Mavriplis, D.J., Aftosmis, M.J., and Berger, M.J., Supercomputing
2005, Best Paper Award, Seattle, WA., Nov. 2005
- AIAA 2005-4987,
"Adjoint algorithm for CAD-based optimization using a Cartesian
method"
– Nemec, M., and
Aftosmis, M.J., (400k, *.pdf) Jun.2005
- AIAA
2005-1223 "Characterization of Space Shuttle Ascent debris using a
Cartesian method"
– Murman, S.M.,
Aftosmis, M.J., and Rogers, S.E. (4.6Mb *.pdf), Jan. 2005
- AIAA
2005-0877 "Adjoint formulation for an embedded-boundary Cartesian
method"
– Nemec, M., Aftosmis, M.J., Murman, S.M.,
and Pulliam T.AIAA Paper 2005-0877 (750kb pdf), Jan. 2005
- AIAA
2005-0490 "Analysis of slope limiters on irregular
grids
– Berger, M.J.,
Aftosmis, M.J., and Murman, S.E. (2.1Mb pdf), Jan. 2005
- AIAA 2004-2226 "STS-107 Investigation Ascent
CFD Support"
– AIAA Paper 2004-2226 (2.1Mb pdf), Jan. 2005
- NAS-04-015
Automated parameter studies using a Cartesian
method.
– Murman, S.M.,
Aftosmis, M.J., and Nemec, M., NAS Technical Report NAS-04-015 ,
Nov. 2004
- AIAA-Paper 2004-6274,
Intelligent control for the BEES Flyer
– Krishnakumar,
K., Gundy-Burlet, K.G., Aftosmis, M.J., Nemec, M., Limes, G.,
Berry, M., and Logan, M., Sept. 2004
- AIAA Paper 2004-5076,
Automated parameter studies using a Cartesian method.
– Murman, S.M., Aftosmis, M.J.,
and Nemec, M., Aug. 2004.
- AIAA Paper 2004-4837,
Validation of inlet and exit boundary conditions for
a Carteisan method.
– Pandya, S. A., Murman, S.M., and Aftosmis, M.J., Aug.
2004.
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"Simulations of store
separation from an F/A–18 with a Cartesian
method."
– Murman, S.M., Aftosmis, M.J.,
and Berger, M.J., Jol. of Aircraft, 41(4):870-879, Jul-Aug
2004.
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Automated Euler and Navier-Stokes database
generation for a glide-back booster."
– Chaderjan, N.M.,
Rogers, S.E., Aftosmis, M.J., Pandya, S.A., Ahmad, J.U., and
Tejnil, E., Proc. 3rd Intl. Conf. on CFD, July 2004.
- "On the use of CAD and Cartesian
methods for aerodynamic optimization."
– Nemec, M., Aftosmis, M.J., Pulliam,
T.H., Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on
Computational Fluid Dynamics, July 2004.
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Performance of a new CFD solver using a hybrid programming
paradigm,
– Aftosmis, M.J., Berger, M.J., SIAM
Conf. on Parallel Processing in Scientific Computing 2004. Feb.
2004 (invited). (*.pdf
2.5Mb).
- AIAA Paper 2004-1232, Applications of
space-filling curves to Cartesian methods for
CFD.
– Aftosmis, M.J.,
Berger, M.J., Murman, S.M., (2.8Mb)
- AIAA Paper 2004-0113, CAD-based
aerodynamic design of complex configurations using a Cartesian
method.
– Nemec, M.,
Aftosmis, M.J., and Pulliam, T.H., 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences
Meeting and Exhibit, Jan. 2004 (2.6Mb)
- AIAA Paper 2003-3670 Cartesian-Grid
Simulations of a Canard-Controlled Missile with a Spinning
Tail.
–  S. Murman, M. Aftosmis(*pdf
4.7Mb)
- AIAA Paper 2003-4229 , Automated CFD
Parameter Studies on Distributed Parallel Computers
– S. Rogers, M. Aftosmis, S. Pandya and N.
Chaderjian, June 2003
- AIAA-2003-1119 Implicit Approaches for Moving
Boundaries in a 3-D Cartesian Method,
– S. M. Murman,
M. J. Aftosmis and M. J. Berger (*.pdf 1.6Mb) Jan. 2003
- AIAA 2003-1246, Simulations of
6-DOF motion with a Cartesian method.
– S. M. Murman, M.J. Aftosmis and M. J. Berger (*.pdf 4.6Mb).
- AIAA 2003-1237, An interface
for specifying rigid-body motions for CFD applications
– S. M. Murman, M. J. Aftosmis and M. J. Berger, (*.pdf 1.6Mb).
- AIAA
2002-2798, Numerical Simulation of Rolling-Airframes Using a
Multilevel Cartesian Method
– S. M.
Murman, M. J. Aftosmis and M. J. Berger (*.pdf 850Kb).
- On
Generating High Quality "Water Tight" Triangulations Directly From
CAD
– R. Haimes and M. J. Aftosmis, (ISGG) 2002,
Honolulu, HI. Jun. 2002. (*.pdf 1.4Mb).
- AIAA 2002-0863, Multilevel Error Estimation and
Adaptive h-Refinement for Cartesian Meshes with Embedded
Boundaries
– M. J.
Aftosmis and M. J. Berger, (best paper award)
- AIAA 2001-0997, Computation of external
aerodynamics for a canard rotor/wing
aircraft(820kb).
– S. A.
Pandya and M. J. Aftosmis, (*.pdf)
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Parallel multigrid on Cartesian meshes
with complex geometry (725kb).
– Proceedings
of the 8th International Conference on Parallel CFD, Trondheim
Norway. (*.ps.gz)
- AIAA 2000-0808, A parallel multilevel
method for adaptively refined Cartesian grids with embedded
boundaries (610kb).
– 38th AIAA
Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno NV Jan. 2000. gzipped
postscript format
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A parallel Cartesian approach for external
Aerodynamics of vehicles with complex geometry (410kb).
– Aftosmis, M.
J., Berger, M. J., and Adomavicius, G., (*.ps.gz)
- On the use of CAD-native
predicates and geometry in surface meshing (580kb)
–
NASA/TM-1999-208782, Ames Research Center, Aug. 1999. acrobat
format
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AIAA 99-0776, Automatic Generation of
CFD-Ready Surface Triangulations from CAD Geometry
(750kb)
– 37th
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno NV Jan. 1999., (*.ps.gz)
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AIAA 99-0777, Automatic
Hybrid-Cartesian Grid Generation for High-Reynolds Number Flows
around Complex Geometries (2.4Mb)
– 37th
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno NV Jan. 1999., (*.ps.gz)
- Adaptive Cartesian Mesh Generation
(1Mb)
– M. Aftosmis, Contributed Chapter,
CRC Handbook of Mesh Generation, 1998
- Aspects (and aspect ratios) of Cartesian
Mesh Methods
– M. Berger & M. Aftosmis,
Proceedings of the 16th International Conf. on Num. Meth. in Fluid
Dynamics (*pdf 360Kb). Jul 1998
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"Lecture notes on Solution adaptive
Cartesian Grid Methods"
– M. Aftosmis, von Karman
Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Lecture Series 1997-02, March 1997
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AIAA 97-0196: Robust and Efficient
Cartesian Mesh Generation for Component-Based Geometry, 1997
(1.7Mb)
– Aftosmis, Berger & Melton, also
AIAA Jol.
36(6), 1998
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AIAA 94-0415: On the Accuracy, Stability, and Monotonicity
of Various Reconstruction Schemes for the Navier-Stokes
Equations
– M. Aftosmis, D. Gaitonde, T. Tavares, 1994.
Also
AIAA Jol. 33(11) 1995
- Emerging CFD Technologies and Aerospace Vehicle Design
– NASA Wkshp on Surf. Modeling, Grid Generation and
Related issues,NASA LERC May, 1995
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AIAA 95-1725 Adaptation and Surface Modeling for Cartesian
Mesh Methods
– 12th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, June 1995
- AIAA 95-0853 3D Applications of a Cartesian Grid
Euler Method
– 33rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno NV, Jan. 1995
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