The marker-and-cell method is commonly used in computer graphics to discretize functions for fluid and other simulations. It was developed by Francis Harlow and his collaborators at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
See also
- Immersed boundary methods
- Stochastic Eulerian Lagrangian Methods
- Stokesian dynamics
- Volume of fluid method
- Level-set method
References
- 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
- Fluid flow for the rest of us, an explanation of fluid simulation (including the MAC grid)
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