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The order of accuracy of the upwind scheme is _____________(a) first-order(b) second-order(c) third-order(d) fourth-orderI had been asked this question in an online interview.My question is from Convection-Diffusion Problems in division Convection-Diffusion Problems of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Answer» RIGHT answer is (a) first-order

For EXPLANATION: The upwind scheme is first-order accurate. This is why, even THOUGH the FASHION of the upwind scheme matches with that of the exact SOLUTION, it varies much. The downwind scheme is also first-accurate.


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