Numerical Solution of the Unsteady Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations on the Curvilinear Half-Staggered Mesh

Numerical Solution of the Unsteady Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations on the Curvilinear Half-Staggered Mesh

Year:    2000

Author:    Lan-Chieh Huang

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 18 (2000), Iss. 5 : pp. 521–540

Abstract

In this paper, the Crank-Nicholson+component-consistent pressure correction method for the numerical solution of the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equation of [1] on the rectangular half-staggered mesh has been extended to the curvilinear half-staggered mesh. The discrete projection, both for the projection step in the solution procedure and for the related differential-algebraic equations, has been carefully studied and verified. It is proved that the proposed method is also unconditionally (in $Δt$) nonlinearly stable on the curvilinear mesh, provided the mesh is not too skewed. It is seen that for problems with an out flow boundary, the half-staggered mesh is especially advantageous. Results of preliminary numerical experiments support these claims.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2000-JCM-9063

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 18 (2000), Iss. 5 : pp. 521–540

Published online:    2000-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    20

Keywords:    Unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations Curvilinear half- staggered mesh Discrete projection.

Author Details

Lan-Chieh Huang