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Spurious velocities in the steady flow of an incompressible fluid subjected to external forces

  • J. F. Gerbeau
  • , C. Le Bris
  • , M. Bercovier*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We show that a non-physical velocity may appear in the numerical computation of the flow of an incompressible fluid subjected to external forces. A distorted mesh and the use of a numerical method which does not rigorously ensure the incompressibility condition turn out to be responsible for this phenomenon. We illustrate it with numerical examples and we propose a projection method which improves the results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)679-695
Number of pages17
JournalInternational Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
Volume25
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Sep 1997

Keywords

  • Body force
  • Incompressible flow
  • Projection method

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