Finite-volume compact schemes on staggered grids

Compact finite-difference schemes have been recently used in several Direct Numerical Simulations of turbulent flows, since they can achieve high-order accuracy and high resolution without exceedingly increasing the size of the computational stencil. The development of compact finite-volume schemes...

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Published in:Journal of computational physics 2004-06, Vol.197 (1), p.299-340
Main Authors: Piller, M., Stalio, E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Compact schemes
Computational techniques
Exact sciences and technology
Finite-volume
Mathematical methods in physics
Physics
Staggered grid
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Summary:Compact finite-difference schemes have been recently used in several Direct Numerical Simulations of turbulent flows, since they can achieve high-order accuracy and high resolution without exceedingly increasing the size of the computational stencil. The development of compact finite-volume schemes is more involved, due to the appearance of surface and volume integrals. While Pereira et al. [J. Comput. Phys. 167 (2001)] and Smirnov et al. [AIAA Paper, 2546, 2001] focused on collocated grids, in this paper we use the staggered grid arrangement. Compact schemes can be tuned to achieve very high resolution for a given formal order of accuracy. We develop and test high-resolution schemes by following a procedure proposed by Lele [J. Comput. Phys. 103 (1992)] which, to the best of our knowledge, has not yet been applied to compact finite-volume methods on staggered grids. Results from several one- and two-dimensional simulations for the scalar transport and Navier–Stokes equations are presented, showing that the proposed method is capable to accurately reproduce complex steady and unsteady flows.
ISSN:0021-9991
1090-2716
DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2003.10.037