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Old   December 15, 2000, 06:53
Default divergence in MAC Method
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Maciej Matyka
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hello.

i have new problem with my program.

i see than divergence equations fails. my divergence equation is:

D[i][j] = (U[i][j] - U[i-1][j])/dx + (V[i][j] - V[i][j-1];

in paper by Harlow Welch (MAC method) he write than divergence cannot be larger than 3.5 * 10^(-4). Ok, but when divergence is too big for one of cells, then i cannot make it smaller (when i less dt, Divergence dont change). Any ideas?

/// maq

ps. just small question - width of output = 256

height of output = 256

number of cells x = 64

number of cells y = 64

thats means than dx,dy = 256/4 ???
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Old   December 15, 2000, 11:00
Default errata :)
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Maciej Matyka
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sorry: of corse:

D[i][j] = (U[i][j] - U[i-1][j])/dx + (V[i][j] - V[i][j-1];

and

dx,dy = 256/64???

sorry.

anyway anybody know?
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Old   December 19, 2000, 10:43
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Senthil
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dear maq check ur D eqns, dy is missing there.if it is the typing mistake here alone, then the culprit is the way u evaluate the u and v.

u(i,j) is average of u(i,j) and u(i-1,j) and

u(i-1,j) is average of u(i-2,j) and u(i-1,j) and so forth.check this out by senthil.
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