Numerical solutions for viscous and potential flow about arbitrary two- dimensional bodies using body-fitted coordinate systems

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(77)90037-7zbMath0357.65078OpenAlexW2033190187MaRDI QIDQ1238223

Ray L. Walker, Frank C. Thames, C. Wayne Mastin, Joe F. Thompson

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(77)90037-7

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) General theory of numerical methods in complex analysis (potential theory, etc.) (65E05) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10) Numerical solution of discretized equations for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N22)

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