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High-order dimensionally-split Cartesian embedded boundary method for non-dissipative schemes

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics
Centered finite-difference schemes are commonly used for high-fidelity turbulent flow simulations in canonical configurations because of their non-dissipative property and computational efficiency. However, their use in flow simulations over complex geometries is limited by the requirements of a structured grid and a stable boundary treatment in the absence of artificial (numerical) dissipation. Cartesian embedded boundary (EB) approaches provide an efficient structured-grid framework to apply difference schemes over complex domains. However, they are often restricted to low orders of accuracy because of numerical instabilities at the embedded boundaries and the issues of small-cell problem that are difficult to address with high-order accuracy. The present work discusses a systematic approach to obtain high-order EB methods with non-dissipative centered schemes in the interior. This approach, based on satisfying the primary and secondary conservation conditions, is employed to derive EB schemes that are up to sixth-order accurate in the interior and fourth-order accurate globally for hyperbolic, parabolic as well as incompletely parabolic problems. The proposed finite-difference discretization is, by construction, dimensionally split and addresses the small-cell problem without any cell/geometry transformations, thus, highly simplifying implementation in a flow solver. Various linear and non-linear numerical tests are performed to evaluate the stability and the accuracy of the proposed EB schemes.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1872354
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1873561
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-21-30871
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Computational Physics Vol. 464; ISSN 0021-9991
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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