A fourth-order compact finite difference scheme for the steady stream function-vorticity formulation of the Navier-Stokes/Boussinesq equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 495-518

  Tian, Zhenfu ^a,b   Ge, Yongbin ^c  

^a NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Compact scheme; Heated cavity problem; Natural convection; Navier Stokes Boussinesq equations; Stream function vorticity formulation

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; ITERATIVE METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW;

STEADY FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; STREAM FUNCTION; VORTICITY;

EID: 0037456263     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.444     Document Type: Article

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