With extensive finite element analysis and characteristics of fluid flow studies
an exact explicit discrete method for characteristics via local Taylor expansion was developed. Momentum equation along the characteristics was formulated and the FEM governing equations of the split method were derived. The proposed method had been achieved using in-house software package AADS(Automatic Analysis and Design of Space structure)and was verified using numerical examples documented in the literature. Comparison with numerical examples indicates that the proposed exact explicit discrete method can accurately predict incompressible fluid flow.
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