Vortex sheet approximation of boundary layers
Journal Article
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· J. Comput. Phys.; (United States)
a grid free method for approximating incomprssible boundary layers is introduced. The computational elements are segments of vortex sheets. The method is related to the earlier vortex method; simplicity is achieved at the cost of replacing the Navier-Stokes equations by the Prandtl boundary layer equations. A new method for generating vorticity at boundaries is also presented; it can be used with the earlier voartex method. The applications presented include (i) flat plate problems, and (ii) a flow problem in a model cylinder- piston assembly, where the new method is used near walls and an improved version of the random choice method is used in the interior. One of the attractive features of the new method is the ease with which it can be incorporated into hybrid algorithms.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Mathematics and Lawrence Berkely Laboratory, University of California, Berkely, California, 94720
- OSTI ID:
- 6737771
- Journal Information:
- J. Comput. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Comput. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 27:3; ISSN JCTPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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