Accession Number:

ADA237888

Title:

An Evaluation of the NEKTON Program

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Oct 1989-Sep 1990,

Corporate Author:

DAVID TAYLOR RESEARCH CENTER BETHESDA MD COMPUTATION MATHEMATICS/LOGISTICS DEPT

Personal Author(s):

• Cheng, Bill H.
• Dean, Janet S.
• Miller, Ronald W.

Report Date:

1990-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

This report describes the David Taylor Research Centers experiences with the NEKTON program, a computational fluid dynamics tool developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The theory and applications of the program are reviewed in a literature survey. A number of test cases were run successfully at DTRC and the results are promising. The applicability of NEKTON to high Reynolds number flows with three-dimensional complex geometries will require further study.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTATIONS
• LITERATURE SURVEYS
• THREE DIMENSIONAL
• NEKTON
• FLUID DYNAMICS
• REYNOLDS NUMBER
• MASSACHUSETTS
• HIGH RATE
• FLOW

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE