Convection Schemes for Use with Curvilinear Coordinate Systems - A Survey.

Abstract

Numerical methods for the simulation of convection of concentration profiles with strong gradients are surveyed with regard to use on general boundary-conforming curvilinear coordinate systems in multiple dimensions in time-dependent problems. Particular attention is given to the requirements for reduced dissipation and dispersion. Desirable characteristics of methods are identified and some particularly appropriate schemes are noted. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA147093

Entities

People

  • J. F. Thompson

Organizations

  • Mississippi State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Viscous Flow
  • Waveforms
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design