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High-Order, Stable, and Conservative Boundary Schemes for Central and Compact Finite Differences

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1489937· OSTI ID:1489937

Stable and conservative numerical boundary schemes are constructed such that they do not diminish the overall accuracy of the method for interior schemes of orders 4, 6, and 8 using both explicit (central) and compact finite differences. Previous attempts to develop stable numerical boundary schemes for non-linear problems have resulted in schemes which significantly reduced the global accuracy and/or required some form of artificial dissipation. Thus, the schemes developed are the first to not require this tradeoff, while also ensuring discrete conservation and allowing for direct boundary condition enforcement. After outlining a general procedure for the construction of conservative boundary schemes of any order, a simple, yet novel, optimization strategy which focuses directly on the compressible Euler equations is applied. The result of this non-linear optimization process is a set of high-order, stable, and conservative numerical boundary schemes which demonstrate excellent stability and convergence properties on an array of linear and non-linear hyperbolic problems.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1489937
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--19-20056
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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