A mimetic finite difference discretization for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1101-1106

  Abbà, Antonella ^a   Bonaventura, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Incompressible flow; Mimetic discretizations; Navier Stokes equations; Turbulence simulations

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE DISCRETIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

EID: 40749094029     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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