A study of spectral element and discontinuous Galerkin methods for the Navier-Stokes equations in nonhydrostatic mesoscale atmospheric modeling: Equation sets and test cases

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3849-3877

  Giraldo, F X ^a   Restelli, M ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b F Brioschi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compressible flow; Euler; Lagrange; Legendre; Navier Stokes; Nonhydrostatic; Viscous flow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; VISCOUS FLOW;

DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; EQUATION SETS; EULER; GALERKIN MODEL; LAGRANGE; LEGENDRE; NAVIER STOKES; NON-HYDROSTATIC; SPECTRAL ELEMENT; TEST CASE;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 40249104589     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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