A pressure-based algorithm for incompressible flows is presented. The algorithm employs a finite-volume discretization in general curvilinear coordinates on a nonstaggered mesh. This approach is derived from a finite-element algorithm, and is here extended to the finite-volume/finite-difference context. The algorithm can be classified as a SIMPLE-like sequential method, and is validated in two classical test cases: the lid-driven cavity and the differentially heated cavity problems. Good results, with no pressure checkerboarding, are achieved up to Reynolds numbers Re = 104 and Rayleigh numbers Ra = 108, respectively
Incompressible flow and heat transfer computations using a continuous pressure equation and nonstaggered grids
CROCE, Giulio;COMINI, Gianni;
2000-01-01
Abstract
A pressure-based algorithm for incompressible flows is presented. The algorithm employs a finite-volume discretization in general curvilinear coordinates on a nonstaggered mesh. This approach is derived from a finite-element algorithm, and is here extended to the finite-volume/finite-difference context. The algorithm can be classified as a SIMPLE-like sequential method, and is validated in two classical test cases: the lid-driven cavity and the differentially heated cavity problems. Good results, with no pressure checkerboarding, are achieved up to Reynolds numbers Re = 104 and Rayleigh numbers Ra = 108, respectivelyFile in questo prodotto:
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