The specification and numerical solution of a benchmark swirling laminar flow problem
Abstract
A primitive variable finite element method for solving swirling incompressible flow problems is presented. A flow problem of physical importance is analyzed and the results are critically compared with an earlier solution. The numerical solution of a problem characterized by a particular choice of Reynolds number and swirl ratio is discussed in detail; this problem is proposed as a benchmark for general swirling flow calculations.
- Publication:
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Computers and Fluids
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984CF.....12..281S
- Keywords:
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- Axisymmetric Flow;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Finite Element Method;
- Incompressible Flow;
- Laminar Flow;
- Turbulent Flow;
- Algorithms;
- Cartesian Coordinates;
- Green'S Functions;
- Navier-Stokes Equation;
- Reynolds Number;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer