A Cartesian Embedded Boundary Method for the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations

Journal Article · Fri Mar 21 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Journal of Scientific Computing, vol. 41, no. 1, October 1, 2009, pp. 94-117

OSTI ID:965469

Kupiainen, M; Sjogreen, B

We here generalize the embedded boundary method that was developed for boundary discretizations of the wave equation in second order formulation in [6] and for the Euler equations of compressible fluid flow in [11], to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. We describe the method and we implement it on a parallel computer. The implementation is tested for accuracy and correctness. The ability of the embedded boundary technique to resolve boundary layers is investigated by computing skin-friction profiles along the surfaces of the embedded objects. The accuracy is assessed by comparing the computed skin-friction profiles with those obtained by a body fitted discretization.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 965469
• Report Number(s): LLNL-JRNL-402504
• Journal Information: Journal of Scientific Computing, vol. 41, no. 1, October 1, 2009, pp. 94-117, Journal Name: Journal of Scientific Computing, vol. 41, no. 1, October 1, 2009, pp. 94-117 Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 41
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ACCURACY
BOUNDARY LAYERS
FLUID FLOW
IMPLEMENTATION
NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS
WAVE EQUATIONS