Numerical Solution of the Three-Dimensional Navier-Stokes Equations in Integro-Differential Form: Flow About a Finite Body,

Abstract

A new method of numerical solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is applied to time-dependent flow about a rectangular slab at an angle of attack. With this formulation the solition is obtained in the entire unbounded flow field, but with actual computation required only in regions of significant vorticity. This allows considerable reduction in computer storage, since only points in regions of signficant vorticity need be stored at any particular time. The computational field thus expands in time. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0768917

Entities

People

  • J. F. Thompson Jr.
  • Jianzhi Wu
  • S. P. Shanks

Organizations

  • Mississippi State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Cooperation
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design