A staggered-grid finite volume method for the vorticity-velocity equations

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-446

  Pascazio, G ^a   Napolitano, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS; FINITE VOLUME DISCRETE FORM; GAUSS SEIDEL ITERATION; SECOND ORDER SYSTEM; STAGGERED GRID FINITE VOLUME METHOD; VORTICITY TRANSPORT EQUATION; VORTICITY VELOCITY EQUATIONS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

VISCOUS FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 0030131315     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7930(96)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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