A Calculation on Viscous Fluid Problems by Finite Element Method

Abstract

Four types of two-dimensional viscous flow configurations are solved by a finite element method based on the streamline-vorticity formulation. Galerkin method is adopted. The calculated configulations are the circular cylinder arrays in uniform flow, the circular cylinder in shear flow, the flow in a square cavity, and the flow around a two-dimensional total head tube. All flows are in very low Reynolds numbers.