Title: Hybrid upwind splitting scheme by combining the approaches of Roe and AUFS for compressible flow problems

Authors: Ghislain Tchuen, Ferdinand Fogang, Yves Burtschell, Paul Woafo

Addresses: Institut Universitaire de Technologie Fotso Victor, Universite de Dschang, LISIE, BP. 134 Bandjoun, Cameroun. ' Faculte de Sciences, Universite de Yaounde I, LaMSEBP, BP. 8210, Yaounde, Cameroun. ' DME, Technopole de Chateau Gombert, Universite de Provence, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13453 Marseille Cedex 13, France. ' Faculte de Sciences, Universite de Yaounde I, LaMSEBP, BP. 8210, Yaounde, Cameroun.

Abstract: This paper presents a new robust finite volume shock-capturing scheme based on an improved version of the artificially upstream flux vector splitting (AUFS) scheme. This novel numerical scheme, named AUFSR, is obtained by combining AUFS scheme and the Roe solver. The resulting flux functions can be implemented in a very simple manner, in the form of the Roe solver with modified wave speeds, so that converting an existing AUFS flux into the new fluxes is an extremely simple task. The method handles difficulties encountered by the AUFS scheme, when the artificial diffusion is computed with the Steger-Warming approach in the case where the flux vector does not check the homogenous property. The solution accuracy is further improved by extension to high-order spatial and temporal scheme. Accuracy, efficiency and other essential features of the proposed scheme are evaluated by analysing shock propagation behaviours for both the steady and unsteady compressible flows.

Keywords: hybrid method; numerical instability; shock capture; artificially upstream flux vector splitting; AUFS; Roe solver; AUFSR; compressible flow; finite volume method; steady flow; unsteady flow; shock propagation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESMS.2011.038746

International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2011 Vol.3 No.1/2, pp.16 - 25

Published online: 21 Mar 2015 *

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