A highly accurate technique for the treatment of flow equations at the polar axis in cylindrical coordinates using series expansions

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 165-186

  Constantinescu, G S ^a   Lele, S K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collocated grids; Coordinate system singularity; Cylindrical system; Finite differences method; Large eddy simulation method; Polar axis; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; ITERATIVE METHODS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MESH GENERATION;

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; COLLOCATED GRIDS; COORDINATE SYSTEM SINGULARITY; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES; CYLINDRICAL SYSTEM; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; FLOW EQUATIONS; HIGHLY ACCURATE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION METHODS; POLAR AXIS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0037146418     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2002.7187     Document Type: Article

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