Solution of the Navier - Stokes equation using the method of characteristic curves
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2014
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Villegas Jiménez, José David
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Universidad EAFIT
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This project deals about the solution of the Navier Stokes Equations by the Method of Characteristics -- This method is used to eliminate the convective part of equations of the convection-diffusion type, conducting the material derivative in a Lagrangian manner along the characteristic curves of each node in a fixed grid -- Following this approach, the method is able to solve the incompressible Navier Stokes Equations with the advantage of using large timesteps -- In the present case, the solution of the well known Lid Driven Cavity Flow problem is obtained for several Reynolds numbers, showing good agreement when compared to solutions obtained by other methods