Utilização de refinamento de malhas na simulação computacional aplicada ao problema da transferência de calor

Abstract

The mesh refinement is an important approach used as a form of representation of real systems. The increasing evolution of information technology has enabled classical problems to analyse computationally before having their designs put into practice, it brought a better use of time and resources, since failures that would only be discovered in a construction phase are detected earlier. Another area that benefits from the study of meshes is the weather, which makes its predictions based on information extracted from nature, obtaining data that can anticipate how the climatic system will behave in a given space of time. Due to their level of importance and appeal of this issue, this work points out relevant features, different techniques and methods that involve the problem of mesh refinement through studies in the literature. This work is focused on classical algorithms for refinement of meshes, applied in thermal conductivity problem.