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The resulting contours, shown in Figure 11.8(a), are circular and centered on
the point (x, y) = (0.5,0.5) This case is considered as a means of comparing
results found for the nonzero convective cases.
The contour pattern for case two is shown in Figure 11.8(b). Here the
velocity field components are such that the resulting Reynolds number is "5."
Additionally, both u and v are positive, so there is a moderate "wind" blowing
from the southwest that skews the contour pattern to the northeast, as indicated
in Figure 11.8(b). The third case is similar to case two, but with a doubling of
the wind speed that gives a Re number of
"10."
Note how the contour pattern
shown in Figure 11.8(c) is skewed even further to the northeast than in the case
for Re = 05.
11.3 CONVERGENCE AND ACCURACY
This chapter concludes with a brief discussion of
the
convergence and accuracy of the
finite analytic method for the case of the 2D transport equation. The full details will
not be presented here. As with the other numerical methods introduced in this text,
the reader interested in the details is encouraged to consult the provided references.
The convergence of the finite analytic method for the case of the 2D transport
equations is established in the book by Chen et al. [10]. This is done by first showing
the method to be consistent, which is to say the norm of the difference between the
discrete version of the linear operator approximation to the nonlinear operator
F(</>)
=
R<t>
t
+ Ru(f)
x
+
Rv<t>y
- φ
χ
χ - φ
υ
ν
and the operator F itself goes to zero as the uniform grid spacing h and temporal
spacing r approach zero. Next, the stability of the finite analytic method is estab-
lished by examining the resulting matrix of the linear operator approximation. This
matrix is based on the finite analytic coefficients found using the methods described
in Section 11.2. A numerical method is said to be stable if the resulting solution
varies, in a continuous way, on variations in the problem parameters, such as grid
spacing, operator coefficients, as well as boundary and initial conditions. The conver-
gence of the finite analytic solution to the true solution of the original IBVP follows
immediately from the consistency and stability of the method [20].
The order of convergence is established in the work by Peterson [29]. Two ap-
proached were used to study the spatial discretization error. In the first, the boundary
conditions were assumed to be exact for any arbitrary finite analytic element. If so,
the only source of error for the objective value of φ at the center node would be that
due to truncation error in the partial sum approximation to the Fourier series solution.
The truncation error is independent of the grid spacing, so the finite analytic solution
is "exact" relative to the grid spacing. A Taylor series approximation to the actual
boundary condition for an arbitrary finite analytic element is considered in the second
approach. Here, the finite analytic solution is shown to be a third-order methods in
h,
the uniform grid spacing. Because the finite analytic method uses a forward finite