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Calculation of cell face velocity of non-staggered grid system

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In this paper, the cell face velocities in the discretization of the continuity equation, the momentum equation, and the scalar equation of a non-staggered grid system are calculated and discussed. Both the momentum interpolation and the linear interpolation are adopted to evaluate the coefficients in the discretized momentum and scalar equations. Their performances are compared. When the linear interpolation is used to calculate the coefficients, the mass residual term in the coefficients must be dropped to maintain the accuracy and convergence rate of the solution.

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  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, P. R. China

    Wang Li  (李 旺), Bo Yu  (宇 波) & Xin-ran Wang  (王欣然)

  2. Computational Transport Phenomena Laboratory, Division of Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Shu-yu Sun  (孙树瑜)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51176204 and 51134006)

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Li, W., Yu, B., Wang, Xr. et al. Calculation of cell face velocity of non-staggered grid system. Appl. Math. Mech.-Engl. Ed. 33, 991–1000 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-012-1600-6

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