Petrov‐Galerkin methods on multiply connected domains for the vorticity‐stream function formulation of the incompressible Navier‐Stokes equations
Petrov‐Galerkin methods on multiply connected domains for the vorticity‐stream function formulation of the incompressible Navier‐Stokes equations
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不可压缩纳维-斯托克斯方程涡流函数公式的多重连通域 Petrov-Galerkin 方法
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1988
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J. Liou
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T. Tezduyar;R. Glowinski;J. Liou
SUMMARY In this paper we present streamline-upwind/Petrov-Galerkin finite element procedures for two-dimensional fluid dynamics computations based on the vorticity-stream function formulation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. We address the difficulties associated with the convection term in the vorticity transport equation, lack of boundary condition for the vorticity at no-slip boundaries, and determination of the value of the stream function at the internal boundaries for multiply connected domains. The proposed techniques, implemented within the framework of block-iteration methods, have successfully been applied to various problems involving simply and multiply connected domains. There are some advantages in using the vorticity-stream function formulation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations for two-dimensional computations. Compared to the velocity-pressure formulation, the vorticity-stream function formulation leads to computed flow fields which satisfy the incompressibility condition automatically; also the number of unknown functions is reduced from three to two and the vorticity field is computed directly instead of being obtained by differentiation of the velocity field. The last advantage becomes important if one needs to study the vorticity field and therefore wants that this field be represented as accurately as possible. We propose suitable finite element procedures for the solution of the time-dependent vorticity transport equation and the Poisson’s equation which relates the stream function to the vorticity. The difficulties associated with the convection term in the vorticity transport equation, lack of