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Title: A composite scheme for gas dynamics in Lagrangian coordinates

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

One cycle of a composite finite difference scheme is defined as several time steps of an oscillatory scheme such as Lax-Wendroff followed by one step of a diffusive scheme such as Lax-Friedrichs. The authors apply this idea to gas dynamics in Lagrangian coordinates. They show numerical results in two dimensions for Noh`s infinite strength shock problem and the Sedov blast wave problem, and for several one-dimensional problems including a Riemann problem with a contact discontinuity. For Noh`s problem the composite scheme produces a better result than that obtained with a more conventional Lagrangian code.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
343660
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 150, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: 10 Apr 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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