Fourth-order method for solving the Navier-Stokes equations in a constricting channel

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1119-1135

  Mancera, P F D A ^a,b   Hunt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fourth order methods; Navier Stokes equations

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; ERROR ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

FOURTH ORDER METHOD; NEWTON ITERATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CHANNEL; FLUID FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTICITY;

CHANNEL FLOW; FOURTH-ORDER METHODS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTICITY;

EID: 0031277562     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19971130)25:10<1119::aid-fld610>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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