CO-LOCATED EQUAL-ORDER CONTROL-VOLUME FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL, INCOMPRESSIBLE, FLUID FLOW—PART II: VERIFICATION

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Abstract This is the second of two companion articles dealing with a co-located equal-order control-volume-based finite-element method (CVFEM) for two- and three-dimensional, incompressible, viscous fluid flow. The formulation of this CVFEM is presented in the first article. In this article, the proposed CVFEM is verified by applying it to four test problems: steady, two-dimensional, laminar flow in a square cavity; steady, two-dimensional, turbulent flow behind a backward-facing step; steady, three-dimensional, laminar, natural convection in box; and steady, three-dimensional, turbulent flow in and around a single jet issuing normally into a cross flow. The results produced by the CVFEM are compared to those of independent numerical and experimental investigations in the literature. Additional informationNotes on contributorsH. J. Saabas Present address of H. J. Saabas is Project Engineer, Pratt and Whitney Canada Inc., Longueuil, Quebec, J4X 4X9, Canada.