Steady and unsteady solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

An algorithm for the solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in three-dimensional generalized curvilinear coordinates is presented. The algorithm can be used to compute both steady-state and time-dependent flow problems. The algorithm is based on the method of artificial compressibility and uses a third-order flux-difference splitting technique for the convective terms and the second-order central difference for the viscous terms. The accuracy is obtained in the numerical solutions by subiterating the equations in pseudotime for each physical time step. The equations are solved with a line-relaxation scheme that allows the use of very large pseudotime steps leading to fast convergence for steady-state problems as well as for the subiterations of time-dependent problems. The steady-state solution of flow through a square duct with a 90-deg bend is computed, and the results are compared with experimental data. Good agreement is observed. Computations of unsteady flow over a circular cylinder are presented and compared to other experimental and computational results. Finally, the flow through an artificial heart configuration with moving boundaries is calculated and presented. 28 refs.

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