Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4968009 | Journal of Computational Physics | 2016 | 40 Pages |
Abstract
We present a finite difference discretization of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in cylindrical coordinates. This currently is, to the authors' knowledge, the only scheme available that is demonstrably capable of conserving mass, momentum and kinetic energy (in the absence of viscosity) on both uniform and non-uniform grids. Simultaneously, we treat the inherent discretization issues that arise due to the presence of the coordinate singularity at the polar axis. We demonstrate the validity of the conservation claims by performing a number of numerical experiments with the proposed scheme, and we show that it is second order accurate in space using the Method of Manufactured Solutions.
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Authors
G.T. Oud, D.R. van der Heul, C. Vuik, R.A.W.M. Henkes,