On the use of high order central difference schemes for differential equation based wall distance computations
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| author | Kakumani, Hemanth Chandra Vamsi Vadlamani, Nagabhushana Rao Tucker, Paul Gary |
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| contents | A computationally efficient high-order solver is developed to compute the wall distances by solving the relevant partial differential equations, namely: Eikonal, Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) and Poisson equations. In contrast to the upwind schemes widely used in the literature, we explore the suitability of high-order central difference schemes (explicit/compact) for the wall-distance computation. While solving the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, the high-order central difference schemes performed approximately $1.4-2.8$ times faster than the upwind schemes with a marginal improvement in the solution accuracy. A new pseudo HJ formulation based on the localized artificial diffusivity (LAD) approach has been proposed. It is demonstrated to predict results with an accuracy comparable to that of the Eikonal equation and the simulations are $\approx$ 1.5 times faster than the baseline HJ solver using upwind schemes. A curvature correction is also incorporated in the HJ equation to correct for the near-wall errors due to concave/convex wall curvatures. We demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed methods on both the steady and unsteady test cases and exploit the unsteady wall-distance solver to estimate the instantaneous shape and burning surface area of a dendrite propellant grain in a solid propellant rocket motor. |
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| spellingShingle | On the use of high order central difference schemes for differential equation based wall distance computations Kakumani, Hemanth Chandra Vamsi Vadlamani, Nagabhushana Rao Tucker, Paul Gary Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Fluid Dynamics A computationally efficient high-order solver is developed to compute the wall distances by solving the relevant partial differential equations, namely: Eikonal, Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) and Poisson equations. In contrast to the upwind schemes widely used in the literature, we explore the suitability of high-order central difference schemes (explicit/compact) for the wall-distance computation. While solving the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, the high-order central difference schemes performed approximately $1.4-2.8$ times faster than the upwind schemes with a marginal improvement in the solution accuracy. A new pseudo HJ formulation based on the localized artificial diffusivity (LAD) approach has been proposed. It is demonstrated to predict results with an accuracy comparable to that of the Eikonal equation and the simulations are $\approx$ 1.5 times faster than the baseline HJ solver using upwind schemes. A curvature correction is also incorporated in the HJ equation to correct for the near-wall errors due to concave/convex wall curvatures. We demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed methods on both the steady and unsteady test cases and exploit the unsteady wall-distance solver to estimate the instantaneous shape and burning surface area of a dendrite propellant grain in a solid propellant rocket motor. |
| title | On the use of high order central difference schemes for differential equation based wall distance computations |
| topic | Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.09859 |