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Vortex Methods for the Incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations

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Computational Fluid Dynamics and Reacting Gas Flows

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We present in this paper a fairly general mathematical analysis of the vortex method of approximation of the Euler equations for an incompressible fluid flow. We also discuss some recent methods of numerical approximation of viscous terms using the vortex method.

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Cottet, G.H., Mas-Gallic, S., Raviart, P.A. (1988). Vortex Methods for the Incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations. In: Engquist, B., Majda, A., Luskin, M. (eds) Computational Fluid Dynamics and Reacting Gas Flows. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 12. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3882-9_4

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