The Role of Mesh Generation, Adaptation, and Refinement on the Computation of Flows Featuring Strong Shocks

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="631276.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2012/631276/figures/631276.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Shock points floating over a background mesh: reprinted from [<a href="/journals/mse/2012/631276/#B51">50</a>]</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="631276.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mse/volume-2012/631276/figures/631276.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Shock points: ○: <svg height="7.1624999" id="M37" style="vertical-align:-0.11285pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 8.7250004 7.1624999" width="8.7250004" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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<tspan style="font-size: 12.50px; " x="0" y="0">𝑥</tspan>
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</svg>-shock; <i>⬤</i>: <svg height="9.8625002" id="M38" style="vertical-align:-2.29482pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 7.875 9.8625002" width="7.875" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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<g transform="translate(72,-64.11)">
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<tspan style="font-size: 12.50px; " x="0" y="0">𝑦</tspan>
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</svg>-shock</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Figure 9: The Role of Mesh Generation, Adaptation, and Refinement on the Computation of Flows Featuring Strong Shocks 