LID-DRIVEN SQUARE CAVITY FLOW

Stokes flow within the lid-driven square cavity.

         

                             (Stream lines)                                                                     (Vorticity contours)


Solution of the lid-driven square cavity flow at Re=1000.


        
Pressure


 

                             (Stream lines)                                                                     (Vorticity contours)


Steady-state solution of the lid-driven square cavity flow at Re=10000.

        

                             (Stream lines)                                                                     (Vorticity contours)


Animation of an impulsively accelerated lid-driven cavity flow in a square enclosure.

Stream lines (Re=1000 and up  to non-dimensional time level 30.00)           

Vorticity contours (Re=1000 and up to non-dimensional time level 30.00)         

Vorticity contours (Re=10000 and up to non-dimensional time level 100.00)          


Computed eigenvalues from the linear stability analysis at Re=8069.76




Computed eigenvectors from the linear stability analysis.

Vorticity contours of eigenvectors at Re=0  (All eigenvalues are real)                

Vorticity contours of eigenvectors at Re=1000


               

Pressure contours of 3D flow at Re=400 in a cubic cavity.         Streamtraces at Re=400 in a cubic cavity.


Benchmark Test Cases (benchmark.pdf )