Influence of advection differencing error upon large-eddy simulation accuracy

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 127-153

  Glendening, John W ^a   Haack, Tracy ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite differencing; Galilean transformation; Large eddy; Numerical error; Pseudospectral

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

GALILEAN TRANSFORMATIONS; KOLGOMOROV THEORY; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

ADVECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0035122505     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018734205850     Document Type: Article

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