F. Auteri et al., Incompressible Navier-Stokes solutions by a triangular spectral/p element projection method, COMPUT METH, 190(51-52), 2001, pp. 6927-6945
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanical Engineering
Journal title
COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING
The application of the fractional step projection method recently proposed
by Guermond and Quartapelle to the numerical approximation of unsteady Navi
er-Stokes solutions by means of a spectral/p element method is considered.
In particular we illustrate the second-order pressure correction technique
and evaluate its accuracy properties in some test cases. Stability with res
pect to the compatibility condition between the approximation spaces for ve
locity and pressure is also addressed. The high (spectral) accuracy in spac
e and the second-order accuracy in time are verified by two simple test cas
es with analytical solution. A more interesting problem is solved showing t
he ability of the method to produce very accurate results also for problems
in complex geometries. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.