Font Size: a A A

A parallel implicit adaptive-mesh-refinement scheme for hypersonic flows with an equilibrium high-temperature equation of state

Posted on:2009-08-30Degree:M.A.ScType:Thesis
University:University of Toronto (Canada)Candidate:Wood, Alistair H. CFull Text:PDF
GTID:2440390005955308Subject:Engineering
Abstract/Summary:
A parallel implicit adaptive-mesh-refinement scheme is proposed for the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations as applied to two-dimensional steady-state hypersonic laminar flows in conjunction with an equilibrium high-temperature equation of state. A finite-volume discretization is applied to the governing equations. Limited piecewise-linear solution reconstruction and Riemann solvers (Roe and HLLE, both modified for a general equation of state) are used to evaluate the inviscid fluxes. The gradients in the viscous fluxes are calculated using diamond-path reconstruction. The system of non-linear algebraic equations resulting from the finite-volume discretization are solved using an inexact Newton method with GMRES to solve the update step of the Newton method. GMRES is preconditioned with Schwarz preconditioning with local block-fill incomplete lower-upper factorization. Multigrid and pseudo-transient continuation are used for startup. Numerical results, including flows at Mach numbers of 7.0, are discussed and demonstrate the validity and efficiency of the scheme.
Keywords/Search Tags:Scheme, Flows, Equation
Related items