Integral transformation of elliptic problems within irregular domains: Fully developed channel flow

Abstract

Employs the integral transform method in the hybrid numerical‐analytical solution of fully developed laminar flow within a class of irregularly shaped ducts, with respect to the co‐ordinate system chosen to represent the geometry under consideration. A quite general formulation of a two‐dimensional steady‐state diffusion problem is initially considered, and a formal solution is provided. The original partial differential equation is analytically transformed into an infinite system of ordinary differential equations for the transformed velocity field in the flow direction. On truncation to a sufficiently large finite order, adaptively chosen to meet prescribed accuracy requirements, well‐established numerical schemes for boundary value problems are utilized, readily available in scientific subroutines libraries. Illustrates convergence rates for a few typical duct geometries and critically examines previously reported numerical solutions.

Citation

Barbuto, F.A.A. and Machado Cotta, R. (1997), "Integral transformation of elliptic problems within irregular domains: Fully developed channel flow", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 7 No. 8, pp. 778-793. https://doi.org/10.1108/09615539710193065