Data compression in computational fluid dynamics

Computations in numerical fluid dynamics create large sets of data. Transmission of these datasets requires a high speed communication link or, alternatively, the use of data compression techniques. This report describes the results of a study to the applicability of data compression techniques. An algorithm is designed that yields favourable...

Critical evaluation of a finite element method for the calculation of transonic flow based on constrained minimization

The method of Glowinski, Periaux and Pironneau for the calculation of transonic flow, which is based on the constrained minimization of a cost function, is critically evaluated for a case in which the transonic small perturbation equation is used. The resulting minimization problem is discretized in finite element form and solved using a...