Gauss gradient scheme

Table of Contents

• Properties
• Usage
• Further information

Properties

The cell gradient is calculated using Gauss' theorem:

\[ \int_V \left( \div \u \right) dV = \oint_S \left( \vec{n} \dprod \u \right) dS \]

Usage

The scheme is specified using:

gradSchemes
{
    default         none;
    grad(U)         Gauss <interpolation scheme>;
}

Further information

Source code

• Foam::fv::gaussGrad

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