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Numerical simulation of three‐dimensional flow in a cavity
Author(s) -
Freitas Christopher J.,
Street Robert L.,
Findikakis Angelos N.,
Koseff Jeffrey R.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/fld.1650050606
Subject(s) - flow (mathematics) , mechanics , reynolds number , vortex , finite difference , computer simulation , finite difference method , upwind scheme , mathematics , code (set theory) , computational fluid dynamics , physics , geometry , mathematical analysis , computer science , turbulence , discretization , set (abstract data type) , programming language
Previous three‐dimensional simulations of the lid‐driven cavity flow have reproduced only the most general features of the flow. Improvements to a finite difference code, REBUFFS, have made possible the first completely successful simulation of the three‐dimensional lid‐driven cavity flow. The principal improvement to the code was the incorporation of a modified QUICK scheme, a higher‐order upwind finite difference formulation. Results for a cavity flow at a Reynolds number of 3200 have reproduced experimentally observed Taylor‐Görtler‐like vortices and other three‐dimensional effects heretofore not simulated. Experimental results obtained from a unique experimental cavity facility validate the calculated results.