Estimate of the truncation error of finite volume discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations on colocated grids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-130

  Syrakos, Alexandros ^a   Goulas, Apostolos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colocated grids; Finite volume; Momentum interpolation; Truncation error

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; INTERPOLATION; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

COLOCATED GRIDS; FINITE VOLUME DISCRETIZATION; MOMENTUM INTERPOLATION; TRUNCATION ERROR;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 29844436329     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1038     Document Type: Article

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