Oscillations in high-order finite difference solutions of stiff problems on non-uniform grids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 939-956

  Sabau, Adrian S ^a   Raad, Peter E ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

High order finite difference schemes; Non uniform grids; Oscillations; Stiff problems

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OSCILLATIONS; STIFFNESS;

BURGERS EQUATION; REYNOLDS EQUATION; STIFF PROBLEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; FLUID DYNAMICS; OSCILLATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; OSCILLATION;

EID: 0033178004     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19990830)30:8<939::AID-FLD856>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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