An assessment of unstructured grid finite volume schemes for cold gas hypersonic flow calculations
Abstract: A comparison of five different spatial discretization schemes is performed considering a typical high speed flow application. Flowfields are simulated using the 2-D Euler equations, discretized in a cell-centered finite volume procedure on unstructured triangular meshes. The algorithms studied include a central difference-type scheme, and 1st- and 2nd-order van Leer and Liou flux-vector splitting schemes. These methods are implemented in an efficient, edge-based, unstructured grid procedure which allows for adaptive mesh refinement based on flow property gradients. Details of the unstructured grid implementation of the methods are presented together with a discussion of the data structure and of the adaptive refinement strategy. The application of interest is the cold gas flow through a typical hypersonic inlet. Results for different entrance Mach numbers and mesh topologies are discussed in order to assess the comparative performance of the various spatial discretization schemes.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial
2009
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-91462009000200135 |
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