Notes on the PCICE Method: Simplification, Generalization, and Compressibility Properties

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Journal of Computational Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2005.11.008· OSTI ID:912367

Berry, Ray A

The pressure-cased PCICE numerical method [2] for computing transient fluid flows of all speeds from nearly incompressible to high supersonic with strong shocks is simplified and generalized. Its behavior is examined in the nearly incompressible limit and in the highly compressible limit. In the nearly incompressible limit the PCICE algoithm is found to reduce to a generalization of the imcompressible MAC method, which includes the density gradient as a driving function in the pressure Poisson equation. In the highly compressible regime it is found to reduce to an expression equivalent to density-based methods for high-speed flow.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - NE
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC07-99ID-13727
• OSTI ID: 912367
• Report Number(s): INL/JOU-05-00504; JCTPAH; TRN: US0800362
• Journal Information: Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 215, Issue 1; ISSN 0021-9991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 - PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ALGORITHMS
COMPRESSIBILITY
FLUID FLOW
POISSON EQUATION
TRANSIENTS
All-speed flow
Compressible flow
Fractional-step method
ICE
Incompressible flow
PCICE
Pressure-based method