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'''The Marker-And-Cell method''' is commonly used in [[computer graphics]] to discretize functions for fluid and other simulations.<ref name=harlow_welch>{{cite journal|last=Harlow|first=F. H.|coauthors=J. E. Welch|title=Numerical calculation of time-dependent viscous incompressible flow of fluid with a free surface|journal=[[Physics of Fluids]]|year=1965|volume=8|pages=2182–2189}}</ref> It was developed by [[Francis H. Harlow|Francis Harlow]] and his collaborators at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]].<ref name=Giessen_Aref>{{cite book|last=Erik van der Giessen and [[Hassan Aref]]|title=Advances in Applied Mechanics|year=2003|publisher=[[Academic Press]]|pages=86|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=KJO52rbX7ygC&pg=PA86&dq=MaC+method+harlow&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SiguT-qjJM_JrAffxrXXDA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=MaC%20method%20harlow&f=false}}</ref>
'''The marker-and-cell method''' is commonly used in [[computer graphics]] to discretize functions for fluid and other simulations.<ref name=harlow_welch>{{cite journal|last=Harlow|first=F. H.|coauthors=J. E. Welch|title=Numerical calculation of time-dependent viscous incompressible flow of fluid with a free surface|journal=[[Physics of Fluids]]|year=1965|volume=8|pages=2182–2189}}</ref> It was developed by [[Francis H. Harlow|Francis Harlow]] and his collaborators at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]].<ref name=Giessen_Aref>{{cite book|last=Erik van der Giessen and [[Hassan Aref]]|title=Advances in Applied Mechanics|year=2003|publisher=[[Academic Press]]|pages=86|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=KJO52rbX7ygC&pg=PA86&dq=MaC+method+harlow&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SiguT-qjJM_JrAffxrXXDA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=MaC%20method%20harlow&f=false}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/pdf/fluid_flow_for_the_rest_of_us.pdf Fluid Flow for the Rest of Us], an explanation of fluid simulation (including the MAC grid)
*[http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/pdf/fluid_flow_for_the_rest_of_us.pdf Fluid flow for the rest of us], an explanation of fluid simulation (including the MAC grid)


[[Category:Computational fluid dynamics]]
[[Category:Computational fluid dynamics]]

Revision as of 08:40, 22 July 2012

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]

References

  1. ^ Harlow, F. H. (1965). "Numerical calculation of time-dependent viscous incompressible flow of fluid with a free surface". Physics of Fluids. 8: 2182–2189. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Erik van der Giessen and Hassan Aref (2003). Advances in Applied Mechanics. Academic Press. p. 86.