A comparison of the reduced Galerkin and pseudo-spectral methods for simulation of steady Rayleigh-Bénard convection

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2401-2407

  Howle, L E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

PSEUDO SPECTRAL METHODS; REDUCED GALERKIN METHOD; STEADY RAYLEIGH BENARD CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0030211584     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00346-0     Document Type: Article

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