An efficient second-order accurate cut-cell method for solving the variable coefficient Poisson equation with jump conditions on irregular domains

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 723-748

  Ji, Hua ^a   Lien, Fue Sang ^b   Yee, Eugene ^c  

^a Waterloo CFD Engineering Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additive correction multigrid (ACM); Cut cell method; Irregular boundary; Jump conditions; Poisson equation; Second order accuracy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; POISSON EQUATION;

ADDITIVE CORRECTION MULTIGRID (ACM); CUT-CELL METHOD; IRREGULAR BOUNDARY; JUMP CONDITIONS; SECOND-ORDER ACCURACY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; POISSON EQUATION;

EID: 33750329359     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1199     Document Type: Article

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