Modelling of flow in rectangular sedimentation tanks by an explicit third-order upwinding technique

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 537-561

  Gerges, Hany ^a   Mccorquodale, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dye transport; Numerical diffusion; Numerical instabilities; Sedimentation tank; Third order upwinding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; DYES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SETTLING TANKS; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW; VELOCITY;

FLOW THROUGH CURVES; NUMERICAL DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL INSTABILITIES; SKEW THIRD ORDER UPWINDING SCHEME;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

FLOW; MODELLING; SEDIMENTATION TANKS;

EID: 0031106403     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19970330)24:6<537::aid-fld506>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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