On higher-order mixed FEM for low Mach number flows: Application to a natural convection benchmark problem

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1339-1356

  Heuveline, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic grids; Implicit solver; Low Mach number flow; Multigrid; P FEM

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLOW;

STEADY-STATE CALCULATIONS;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MACH NUMBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING;

EID: 0038330353     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.454     Document Type: Article

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