3D finite volume groundwater and heat transport modeling with non-orthogonal grids, using a coordinate transformation method

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 513-524

  Ruhaak W ^a   Rath, V ^b   Wolf, A ^b   Clauser, C ^b  

^a WASY Institute for Water Resources Planning and Systems Research   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Finite difference method; Finite volume method; Groundwater flow; Heat transport; Non orthogonal grid; Verification

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT CONDUCTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL FLOW;

COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION METHOD; FINITE VOLUME DISCRETIZATION SCHEME;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ADVECTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT CONDUCTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL FLOW;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT FLOW; POTENTIAL FLOW; TRANSFORM;

EID: 39149133113     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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