Development of a laminar Navier-Stokes solver for incompressible flows using structured grids

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2006
Akın, Ayhan
A method to solve the Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous flows is proposed. This method is SIMPLE (Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations) algorithm to iteratively solve the two-dimensional laminar steady momentum equations and based upon finite volume method on staggered grids. Numerical tests are performed on several cases of the flow in the lid-driven cavity, as well as of the flow after a backward-facing step with SIMPLE and SIMPLER (SIMPLE Revised) methods. Finally, results are compared qualitatively and quantitatively with numerical and experimental results available in the literature for different Reynolds numbers to validate the methods.

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A. Akın, “Development of a laminar Navier-Stokes solver for incompressible flows using structured grids,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2006.