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Title: On Physics-Based Preconditioning of the Navier-Stokes Equations

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics

An new and more ecient all-speed flow algorithm is developed. The governing hy- drodynamic equations, in conservative form, are solved implicitly using Jacobian- free Newton-Krylov methods. To overcome numerical stiffness caused by the dis- parity between acoustic and advective modes, the governing hydrodynamic equa- tions are transformed to the primitive variable form in a preconditioning step. This transformation enables implicit treatment of distinct physics using traditional semi- implicit and physics-based splitting approaches without a loss of consistency be- tween the original and preconditioned systems. The resulting algorithm is capable of solving slow natural circulations (M ~ 10^-4) with signicant heat flux as well as the high-speed (M ~ 1) flows effciently by following dynamical time scales.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
970636
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-08-15190; JCTPAH; TRN: US1000831
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 228, Issue 24; ISSN 0021-9991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English