An Analysis of the Viscous Burgers Equation as Modeled by the MacCormack Method.

Abstract

This report serves as an instructional aid in the analysis of the numerical techniques used in current computational fluid dynamic (CFD) Flow Solvers. A second-order, explicit predictor-corrector method, developed by MacCormack, is analyzed for stability, convergence , conservative property error, transportive property error, dispersion and phase error, and dissipation error, with respect to the viscous Burgers equation. The viscous Burgers equation is used as a nonlinear analog to the three-dimensional equations typically used in CFD analyses.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA182763

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