A finite volume method for computation of viscous flow in complex configurations
Abstract
A calculation procedure is presented for computation of steady, recirculating viscous flows in complex configurations. The algorithm has been developed for non-orthogonal coordinate systems using collocated variable arrangement. In order to handle both incompressible and compressible flows, pressure has been selected as a primary dependent variable in preference to density. The pressure field is evaluated using the pressure-velocity correction strategy of the SIMPLE algorithm, suitably modified for collocated variable arrangement. The capability of the three-dimensional version of the algorithm has been demonstrated for prediction of two incompressible laminar flow situations with complex geometry.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the Fluid Dynamics Symposium in Honour of Professor R. Narasimha on his 60th Birthday
- Pub Date:
- July 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993fldy.proc...91M
- Keywords:
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- Compressible Flow;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Finite Volume Method;
- Incompressible Flow;
- Three Dimensional Flow;
- Viscous Flow;
- Algorithms;
- Laminar Flow;
- Pressure Distribution;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer