Marker-and-cell method explained

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]

See also

• Immersed boundary method
• Stokesian dynamics
• Volume of fluid method
• Level-set method

External links

• Fluid flow for the rest of us, an explanation of fluid simulation (including the MAC grid)

Notes and References

1. Harlow. F. H.. J. E. Welch. Numerical calculation of time-dependent viscous incompressible flow of fluid with a free surface. Physics of Fluids. 1965. 8. 12. 2182–2189. 10.1063/1.1761178. 1965PhFl....8.2182H .
2. Book: Erik van der Giessen, Hassan Aref. Hassan Aref. amp. Advances in Applied Mechanics. 2003. Academic Press. 86. 9780120020393.