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A High Order Finite Difference Scheme with Sharp Shock Resolution for the Euler Equations

Author
Gerritsen, Margot
Published
Jan. 1996.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Olsson, Pelle
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Summary
We derive a high-order finite difference scheme for the Euler equations that satisfies a semi-discrete energy estimate, and present an efficient strategy for the treatment of discontinuities that leads to sharp shock resolution. The formulation of the semi-discrete energy estimate is based on a symmetrization of the Euler equations that preserves the homogeneity of the flux vector, a canonical splitting of the flux derivative vector, and the use of difference operators that satisfy a discrete analogue to the integration by parts procedure used in the continuous energy estimate. Around discontinuities or sharp gradients, refined grids are created on which the discrete equations are solved after adding a newly constructed artificial viscosity. The positioning of the sub-grids and computation of the viscosity are aided by a detection algorithm which is based on a multi-scale wavelet analysis of the pressure grid function. The wavelet theory provides easy to implement mathematical criteria to detect discontinuities, sharp gradients and spurious oscillations quickly and efficiently.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19960016779.
Accession ID: 96N22335.
RIACS-TR-96-01.
NASA-CR-199468.
NAS 1.26:199468.
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