Very High-order Methods for 3D Arbitrary Unstructured Grids

Download or read book Very High-order Methods for 3D Arbitrary Unstructured Grids written by Panagiotis Tsoutsanis and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the motion of fluids is crucial for the development and analysis of new designsand processes in science and engineering. Unstructured meshes are used in this contextsince they allow the analysis of the behaviour of complicated geometries and configurationsthat characterise the designs of engineering structures today. The existing numerical methodsdeveloped for unstructured meshes suffer from poor computational efficiency, and their applicabilityis not universal for any type of unstructured meshes. High-resolution high-orderaccurate numerical methods are required for obtaining a reasonable guarantee of physicallymeaningful results and to be able to accurately resolve complicated flow phenomena thatoccur in a number of processes, such as resolving turbulent flows, for direct numerical simulationof Navier-Stokes equations, acoustics etc. The aim of this research project is to establish and implement universal, high-resolution, veryhigh-order, non-oscillatory finite-volume methods for 3D unstructured meshes. A new classof linear and WENO schemes of very high-order of accuracy (5th) has been developed. Thekey element of this approach is a high-order reconstruction process that can be applied to anytype of meshes. The linear schemes which are suited for problems with smooth solutions, employ a single reconstruction polynomial obtained from a close spatial proximity. In theWENO schemes the reconstruction polynomials, arising from different topological regions, are non-linearly combined to provide high-order of accuracy and shock capturing features. The performance of the developed schemes in terms of accuracy, non-oscillatory behaviourand flexibility to handle any type of 3D unstructured meshes has been assessed in a series oftest problems. The linear and WENO schemes presented achieve very high-order of accuracy(5th). This is the first class of WENO schemes in the finite volume context that possess highorderof accuracy and robust non-oscillatory behaviour for any type of unstructured meshes. The schemes have been employed in a newly developed 3D unstructured solver (UCNS3D). UCNS3D utilises unstructured grids consisted of tetrahedrals, pyramids, prisms and hexahedralelements and has been parallelised using the MPI framework. The high parallel efficiencyachieved enables the large scale computations required for the analysis of new designs andprocesses in science and engineering.