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Recent Developments in the Numerical Solution of the Navier-Stokes Equations

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Analysis of Laminar Flow over a Backward Facing Step

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We shall try to summarize the different approaches to the numerical simulations of incompressible viscous flows, with particular emphasis on the recent tools such as stream-line upwinding, characteristics 3-D, stream vectors and zero divergence basis. This talk is not a survey.

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Pironneau, O. (1984). Recent Developments in the Numerical Solution of the Navier-Stokes Equations. In: Morgan, K., Periaux, J., Thomasset, F. (eds) Analysis of Laminar Flow over a Backward Facing Step. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics, vol 9. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-14242-3_1

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