The steady Navier–Stokes/energy system with temperature-dependent viscosity—Part 2: The discrete problem and numerical experiments

In this second part, we analyse the associated discrete problem arising from a conforming finite element method formulation of the mathematical model presented in the first part. Thus, existence and uniqueness of the discrete solution when using small enough data are stated following the same strategy used in the continuous case, with a Cea's type error estimate established as the main result. Some numerical experiments, steady and unsteady, are performed, which allow us to validate the previous mathematical model and its discrete approximation. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.