Grid size dependence on convergence for computation of the Navier-Stokes equations
Abstract
The MacCormack (1985) procedure for the numerical solution of Navier-Stokes equations, while exhibiting very high numerical efficiency, has been suggested to involve a variation of the number of required iterations with the number of grid points. The effect of grid size on convergence is presently tested by refining the grid size by factors of 2 and 4, for the same transonic problem presented by MacCormack. The results obtained show that the method is independent of grid size.
- Publication:
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AIAA Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 1986
- DOI:
- 10.2514/3.9506
- Bibcode:
- 1986AIAAJ..24.1705M
- Keywords:
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- Compressible Flow;
- Computational Grids;
- Convergence;
- Navier-Stokes Equation;
- Two Dimensional Flow;
- Viscous Flow;
- Algorithms;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Transonic Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer