Calculating three-dimensional free surface flows in the vicinity of submerged and exposed structures

  • Authors:
  • B. D. Nichols;C. W. Hirt

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Year:
  • 1973

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Abstract

A numerical technique has been developed for calculating the three-dimensional, transient dynamics of incompressible fluid having a free surface. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved by a solution algorithm based on the Marker-and-Cell method. The flow may be calculated around variously shaped and spaced obstacles that are fully submerged or penetrate the surface. To illustrate the capability of this technique a variety of examples are presented.