Three-dimensional viscous flow through a rotating channel: A pseudospectral matrix method approach

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-396

  Chen, H B ^a   Nandakumar, K ^b   Finlay, W H ^b   Ku, H C ^c  

^a Advanced Laser and Fusion Technology Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue decomposition; Pseudospectral matrix method; Rotating flow; Three dimensional rectangular channel; Two and four cell flow pattern

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS; VISCOUS FLOW;

ALGEBRAIC VECTOR EQUATION; FOURIER-CHEBYSHEV PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHOD; FRACTIONAL STEP METHOD; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOWS; LARGE SCALE COMPUTATION; MATRIX DIAGONALIZATION; ONE DIMENSIONAL CHANNEL FLOW; POISSON EQUATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ROTATING CHANNEL CASE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CHANNELS; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0030221494     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19960830)23:4<379::aid-fld427>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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