An approximate projection scheme for incompressible flow using spectral elements

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 673-688

  Timmermans, L J P ^a   Minev, P D ^a   Van De Vosse, F N ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Navier Stokes equations; Operator splitting; Projection methods; Spectral element methods

Indexed keywords

FLOW SPLITTERS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 0029674537     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19960415)22:7<673::AID-FLD373>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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