Computational error-analysis of a discontinuous Galerkin discretization applied to large-eddy simulation of homogeneous turbulence

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 199, Issue 13-16, 2010, Pages 903-915

  van der Bos, Fedderik ^a   Geurts, Bernard J ^b,c,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d International Collaboration for Turbulence Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational error assessment; Discontinuous Galerkin finite element method; Eddy viscosity modeling; Large eddy simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ERROR; CONVECTIVE NONLINEARITY; DECAYING TURBULENCE; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETIZATIONS; DISSIPATIVE COMPONENT; EDDY VISCOSITY; EDDY VISCOSITY MODEL; GALERKIN DISCRETIZATION; HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; NUMERICAL DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL FLUX; SIMULATION ERROR; SMAGORINSKY PARAMETER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THIRD ORDER;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GALERKIN METHODS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 74049163289     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2009.08.026     Document Type: Article

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