Comparison of effects on technical variances of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software based on finite element and finite volume methods

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-26

  Jeong, Woowon ^a   Seong, Jaehoon ^b  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Finite element method (FEM); Finite volume method (FVM); Flow pattern

Indexed keywords

ANSYS-CFX; CFD SOLVER; COMMERCIAL CODES; COMPUTATION TIME; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FLOW PHENOMENA; FLOW PROBLEMS; MESH ELEMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; LAMINAR FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84888115835     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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