Numerical solution of three-dimensional velocity-vorticity Navier-Stokes equations by finite difference method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1469-1487

  Lo, D C ^a   Murugesan, K ^a   Young, D L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ADI; Finite difference method; Navier Stokes equations; Staggered grid; TDMA; Velocity vorticity formulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POISSON EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ALTERNATING DIRECTION IMPLICIT (ADI) PROCEDURES; CAVITY FLOW; FALSE-TRANSIENT TECHNIQUE; VORTICITY TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 17244376235     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.822     Document Type: Article

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