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Efficient boundary element methods for the time-dependent convective diffusion equation

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Abstract

Higher-order boundary element methods (BEM) are presented for time-dependent convective diffusion in two dimensions. The time-dependent convective diffusion free-space fundamental solutions originally proposed by Carslaw and Jaeger are used to obtain the boundary integral formulation. Boundary element method solutions up to the Peclet number 106 are obtained for an example problem of unsteady convection-diffusion that possesses an exact solution. We investigate the convergence rate and accuracy of the higher-order boundary element formulations. An extremely high accuracy of the BEM solutions for highly convective flows is demonstrated. Moreover, it is shown that the use of time-dependent convective kernels provides an automatic upwinding for the entire range of Peclet numbers and also leads to very efficient algorithms as the Peclet number increases.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Volume 3
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pages875-886
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)0791836959, 9780791836958
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Event2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2003) - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: Jul 21 2003Jul 23 2003

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference
Volume2003

Conference

Conference2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2003)
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period07/21/0307/23/03

Keywords

  • Boundary element methods
  • Higher-order time functions
  • Unsteady convective diffusion

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