Fourth-order Keller Box solution of the incompressible axisymmetric boundary layer equations
Abstract
A computer code has been written for a general finite difference solution procedure of the incompressible boundary layer equations on a body of revolution. The procedure, a fourth-order accurate extension of Keller's Box Method, is capable of treating laminar or turbulent boundary layers up to a separation point and includes transverse curvature effects. The analysis has been coded for the Penn State IBM 370/3033 computer and has been shown to provide solutions comparable in accuracy to similar second-order schemes but with fewer grid points and with less computer time. Results and comparisons with both experiment and second-order methods are presented in graphical form for a low-drag body of revolution.
- Publication:
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, International Meeting and Technical Display on Global Technology 2000
- Pub Date:
- May 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980tdgt.meetS....C
- Keywords:
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- Axisymmetric Flow;
- Bodies Of Revolution;
- Boundary Layer Equations;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Incompressible Flow;
- Computer Programs;
- Finite Difference Theory;
- Laminar Boundary Layer;
- Run Time (Computers);
- Turbulent Boundary Layer;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer