Streamlines

Numerical methods and mathematical models of Elmer
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mrbenson75
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Streamlines

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Hi everybody,

I wonder which equation is used to compute streamlines of a given vector field F, litterature indicates that a vorticity equation for the streamfunction is mainly used (a laplacian equation) as follow :
vorticity equation.gif
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The weak formulation is :
weak formulation.gif
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It seems that equation globaly works but :
1 - the streamfunction don't have the same range value as StreamSolver module (i know that only differences are important). How is Elmer do the scaling ?
2 - That method give bad results with coarse meshes compare to Elmer module.

Any ideas on how to improve ?
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Re: Streamlines

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No ideas ? :roll:
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