The marker-and-cell method is commonly used in computer graphics to discretize functions for fluid and other simulations.[1] It was developed by Francis Harlow and his collaborators at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[2]
See also
[edit]- Immersed boundary methods
- Stochastic Eulerian Lagrangian Methods
- Stokesian dynamics
- Volume of fluid method
- Level-set method
References
[edit]- ^ Harlow, F. H.; J. E. Welch (1965). "Numerical calculation of time-dependent viscous incompressible flow of fluid with a free surface". Physics of Fluids. 8 (12): 2182–2189. Bibcode:1965PhFl....8.2182H. doi:10.1063/1.1761178.
- ^ Erik van der Giessen, Hassan Aref (2003). Advances in Applied Mechanics. Academic Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780120020393.
External links
[edit]- Fluid flow for the rest of us, an explanation of fluid simulation (including the MAC grid)
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