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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Navier-Stokes + Incompressible + Finite difference method

Discretization methods for approximating the Partial Differential Equations (PDEs):

  1. Finite Difference (FD) \checkmark
  2. Finite Elements (FE)
  3. Finite Volume (FV)

Finite Difference (FD)

Taylor’s polynomial

    \[f(x_0 + h) = f(x_0) + \frac{f'(x_0)}{1!}h + \frac{f^{(2)}(x_0)}{2!}h^2 + \cdots + \frac{f^{(n)}(x_0)}{n!}h^n + R_n(x) \]

    \[f'(a)\approx {f(a+h)-f(a)\over h}. \]

    \[f'(a)\approx{f(a+h)+f(a-h)-2f(h)\over \Delta h^2 \]

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