Efficient and stable spectral element methods for predicting the flow of an XPP fluid past a cylinder

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 143-162

  van Os, R G M ^a,c   Phillips, T N ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

Author keywords

Extended pom pom model; Flow past a cylinder; Preconditioned iterative methods; Spectral element method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONFINED FLOW; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESSES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONFINED CYLINDER; EXTENDED POM-POM MODEL; FLOW PAST A CYLINDER; POLYMER MELTS; PRECONDITIONED ITERATIVE METHODS; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLOW AROUND OBJECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLYMER MELT;

EID: 26844533320     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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