Comparison of using Cartesian and covariant velocity components on non-orthogonal collocated grids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1265-1280

  Wang, Yunliang ^a   Komori, Satoru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavity flow; Collocated grid; Covariant velocity; Non orthogonal grid; SIMPLE method

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 0033619943     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19991230)31:8<1265::AID-FLD919>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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