Convergence analysis of a colocated finite volume scheme for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on general 2D or 3D meshes

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-36

  Eymard, R ^a   Herbin, R ^b   Latche J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Cell centered scheme; Colocated discretizations; Convergence analysis; Finite volume; Incompressible Navier Stokes equations; Transient Navier Stokes equations

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; STABILIZATION; THEOREM PROVING; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY CONTROL;

CELL-CENTERED SCHEME; COLOCATED DISCRETIZATIONS; CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 34248994459     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/040613081     Document Type: Article

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