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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Efficient solutions of 2-D incompressible steady laminar separated flows

Abstract

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This thesis describes a simple efficient and robust numerical technique for solving two-dimensional incompressible laminar steady flows at moderate-to-high Reynolds numbers. The method uses an incremental multigrid method and an extrapolation procedure based on minimum residual concepts to accelerate the convergence rate of a robust block-line-Gauss-Seidel solver for the vorticity-stream function equations. Results are presented for the driven cavity flow problem using uniform and nonuniform grids and for the flow past a backward facing step in a channel.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
M.S.
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Aerospace Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Aerospace Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Year dc:date.issued
1986

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Morrison, Joseph H.

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101134
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/101134

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Morrison, Joseph H.. Efficient solutions of 2-D incompressible steady laminar separated flows. masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101134