A local mesh refinement multigrid method for 3-D convection problems with strongly variable viscosity

DOI10.1006/jcph.2000.6438zbMath0983.76053OpenAlexW2014370341MaRDI QIDQ1979132

Michael Albers

Publication date: 23 April 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcph.2000.6438

zbMATH Keywords

multigrid methodCartesian geometrymesh refinement techniquesecond-order finite-volume discretizationstrongly variable viscosity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Free convection (76R10) Multigrid methods; domain decomposition for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M55)

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Uses Software

• Wesseling

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