Interpolation scheme midpoint vs linear

stephan · October 15, 2008, 10:53

Hi Foamers,

does anybody has an idea what is the difference of the two schemes mentioned in the caption of this thread?!

Thanks for help!
regards
stephan

sampaio · October 15, 2008, 11:48

Hi Stephan,
Linear takes into account the distances between cell centers and faces. The weight attributed to each adjacent center is inversely proportional to the distance to the face.
Midpoint weights equally the two adjacent values (as 0.5*PhiA + 0.5*PhiB).

Cheers,
luiz

stephan · October 15, 2008, 12:27

Hi Luiz,

thanks for the answer.
do you have any idea how the third coefficient of the cubic polynomial is calculated in case of cubic interpolation scheme?

regards
stephan

stephan · October 16, 2008, 03:33

hi,

i guess it was too late yesterday: i was asking for the third and fourth coefficient of the polynomial...
(i guess the first two should be fixed by the value at the cell centres)
regards
stephan

October 15, 2008, 10:53	Hi Foamers, does anybody ha	#1
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sampaio Member diablo80@web.de Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 93 Rep Power: 17	Hi Stephan, Linear takes into account the distances between cell centers and faces. The weight attributed to each adjacent center is inversely proportional to the distance to the face. Midpoint weights equally the two adjacent values (as 0.5PhiA + 0.5PhiB). Cheers, luiz rajibroy and Nicole like this.

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stephan Senior Member Stephan Gerber Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 118 Rep Power: 17	Hi Luiz, thanks for the answer. do you have any idea how the third coefficient of the cubic polynomial is calculated in case of cubic interpolation scheme? regards stephan

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stephan Senior Member Stephan Gerber Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 118 Rep Power: 17	hi, i guess it was too late yesterday: i was asking for the third and fourth coefficient of the polynomial... (i guess the first two should be fixed by the value at the cell centres) regards stephan

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