Spectral Element Methods in Fluids

A research presentation describing the NSFIT2D and NSFIT3D fluid-simulation software and its treatment of incompressible flows. It discusses Stokes and Navier–Stokes formulations, implementation, example calculations, and spectral-versus-finite-element approaches.

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A research presentation describing the NSFIT2D and NSFIT3D fluid-simulation software and its treatment of incompressible flows. It discusses Stokes and Navier–Stokes formulations, implementation, example calculations, and spectral-versus-finite-element approaches.

Incompressible flow · NSFIT2D / NSFIT3D 71 pages

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Robert Fithen, PhD

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