Solution of some two-dimensional incompressible fluid flow and heat transfer problems, using a control volume finite-element method
Abstract
The capabilities of a new control volume finite-element method (CVFEM) are demonstrated by its application to four different example problems. Whenever possible, the results are compared with exact solutions or with the results of independent numerical and experimental investigations available in the literature. These comparisons indicate that the proposed CVFEM can successfully solve two-dimensional elliptic fluid flow and heat transfer problems in regular- and irregular-shaped domains.
- Publication:
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Numerical Heat Transfer
- Pub Date:
- September 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983NumHT...6..263B
- Keywords:
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- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Finite Element Method;
- Heat Transfer;
- Incompressible Flow;
- Two Dimensional Flow;
- Concentric Cylinders;
- Ducted Flow;
- Free Convection;
- Laminar Flow;
- Rotating Cylinders;
- Volume;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer