Fourth-order method for solving the Navier-Stokes equations in a constricting channel
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A fourth-order numerical method for solving the Navier-Stokes equations in streamfunction/vorticity formulation on a two-dimensional non-uniform orthogonal grid has been tested on the fluid flow in a constricted symmetric channel. The family of grids is generated algebraically using a conformal transformation followed by a non-uniform stretching of the mesh cells in which the shape of the channel boundary can vary from a smooth constriction to one which one possesses a very sharp but smooth corner. The generality of the grids allows the use of long channels upstream and downstream as well as having a refined grid near the sharp corner. Derivatives in the governing equations are replaced by fourth-order central differences and the vorticity is eliminated, either before or after the discretization, to form a wide difference molecule for the streamfunction. Extra boundary conditions, necessary for wide-molecule methods, are supplied by a procedure proposed by Henshaw et al. The ensuing set of non-linear equations is solved using Newton iteration. Results have been obtained for Reynolds numbers up to 250 for three constrictions, the first being smooth, the second having a moderately sharp corner and the third with a very sharp corner. Estimates of the error incurred show that the results are very accurate and substantially better than those of the corresponding second-order method. The observed order of the method has been shown to be close to four, demonstrating that the method is genuinely fourth-order. © 1977 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Fourth-order methods , Navier-Stokes equations , Boundary conditions , Channel flow , Error analysis , Iterative methods , Navier Stokes equations , Nonlinear equations , Problem solving , Reynolds number , Vortex flow , Fourth order method , Newton iteration , Computational fluid dynamics , channel , fluid flow , vorticity , channel flow , fourth-order methods
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International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, v. 25, n. 10, p. 1119-1135, 1997.
