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Old   January 15, 2010, 02:22
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Hello Dear Foamers
The discritization in OpenFoam is staggered or collocated?
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Collocated: all FVM variables are stored at cell centres. Some comments on face fluxes would be required for a complete answer, but in the traditional sense, this is a collocated code.

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Old   January 15, 2010, 06:51
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