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Front Tracking Algorithm Using Adaptively Refined Meshes

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Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering ((LNCSE,volume 41))

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We propose a new algorithm which combines the front tracking with an adaptively refined Cartesian grid for solving systems of nonlinear conservation laws.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University at Stony Brook, USA

    Zhiliang Xu, James Glimm & Xiaolin Li

  2. Center for Data Intensive Computing, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

    James Glimm

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  1. ASCI Flash Center Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Tomasz Plewa , Timur Linde  & V. Gregory Weirs ,  & 

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Xu, Z., Glimm, J., Li, X. (2005). Front Tracking Algorithm Using Adaptively Refined Meshes. In: Plewa, T., Linde, T., Gregory Weirs, V. (eds) Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 41. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27039-6_5

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