Discretization and parallel performance of an unstructured finite volume Navier-Stokes solver

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 591-615

  Karimian, S A Mohsen ^a   Straatman, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite volume method; Incompressible flow; Parallel computing; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRADIENT METHODS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTERPOLATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

DISCRETIZATION; GRADIENT CALCULATION; PARALLELIZATION; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRADIENT METHODS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTERPOLATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750139353     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1189     Document Type: Article

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