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A Few Benchmark Test Cases for Higher-Order Euler Solvers

Part of: Optics, electromagnetic theory - General

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2017

Liang Pan ,
Jiequan Li  and
Kun Xu
Liang Pan*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China
Jiequan Li*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China
Kun Xu*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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*Corresponding author. Email addresses:panliangjlu@sina.com (L. Pan), li_jiequan@iapcm.ac.cn (J. Q. Li), makxu@ust.hk (K. Xu)
*Corresponding author. Email addresses:panliangjlu@sina.com (L. Pan), li_jiequan@iapcm.ac.cn (J. Q. Li), makxu@ust.hk (K. Xu)
*Corresponding author. Email addresses:panliangjlu@sina.com (L. Pan), li_jiequan@iapcm.ac.cn (J. Q. Li), makxu@ust.hk (K. Xu)
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Abstract

There have been great efforts on the development of higher-order numerical schemes for compressible Euler equations in recent decades. The traditional test cases proposed thirty years ago mostly target on the strong shock interactions, which may not be adequate enough for evaluating the performance of current higher-order schemes. In order to set up a higher standard for the development of new algorithms, in this paper we present a few benchmark cases with severe and complicated wave structures and interactions, which can be used to clearly distinguish different kinds of higher-order schemes. All tests are selected so that the numerical settings are very simple and any higher order scheme can be straightforwardly applied to these cases. The examples include highly oscillatory solutions and the large density ratio problem in one dimensional case. In two dimensions, the cases include hurricane-like solutions; interactions of planar contact discontinuities with asymptotic large Mach number (the composite of entropy wave and vortex sheets); interaction of planar rarefaction waves with transition from continuous flows to the presence of shocks; and other types of interactions of two-dimensional planar waves. To get good performance on all these cases may push algorithm developer to seek for new methodology in the design of higher-order schemes, and improve the robustness and accuracy of higher-order schemes to a new level of standard. In order to give reference solutions, the fourth-order gas-kinetic scheme (GKS) will be used to all these benchmark cases, even though the GKS solutions may not be very accurate in some cases. The main purpose of this paper is to recommend other CFD researchers to try these cases as well, and promote further development of higher-order schemes.

Keywords

Euler equationstwo-dimensional Riemann problemsfourth-order gas-kinetic schemewave interactions

MSC classification

Secondary: 78A48: Composite media; random media

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Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , November 2017 , pp. 711 - 736
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Copyright © Global-Science Press 2017 

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