Wave-Appropriate Reconstruction of Compressible Multiphase and Multicomponent Flows: Fully Conservative and Semi-Conservative Eigenstructures

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Main Author: Chamarthi, Amareshwara Sainadh
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contents Compressible multiphase and multicomponent solvers require accurate interface representation without spurious pressure oscillations. At material interfaces, pressure and velocity are continuous while density and the equation of state exhibit abrupt discontinuities. Standard approaches reconstruct primitive or characteristic variables to capture these properties, but do not clarify the failure mechanisms of conservative reconstruction or fully leverage the wave-decoupling advantages of characteristic decomposition. This work derives the complete eigenstructure of the Allaire five-equation model for two variable sets. In the fully conservative~(FC) formulation, $\mathbf{U} = [α_1ρ_1,\,α_2ρ_2,\,ρu,\,ρv,\,ρE,\,α_1]^T$, eigenvectors contain a thermodynamic jump term~$Ψ$ that enforces $dp=0$ and $du=0$ at material contacts by compensating for compressibility mismatches. In the semi-conservative~(SC) formulation, $\mathbf{V} = [α_1ρ_1,\,α_2ρ_2,\,ρu,\,ρv,\,p,\,α_1]^T$, the volume-fraction eigenvector carries a structural zero in the pressure slot, enforcing equilibrium without thermodynamic correction. Explicit left and right eigenvectors are derived for one- and two-dimensional stiffened-gas flows. Both formulations satisfy Abgrall's equilibrium condition when reconstruction is performed in characteristic space; reconstruction in physical space yields $\mathcal{O}(1)$ pressure and velocity errors at interfaces regardless of the variable set. The eigenvector structure further reveals that the shear wave is decoupled from all thermodynamic and interface fields in both formulations, extending this result from single-species to compressible multiphase flows including gas-liquid configurations. One- and two-dimensional gas-gas and gas-liquid test cases confirm oscillation-free, accurate results.
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spellingShingle Wave-Appropriate Reconstruction of Compressible Multiphase and Multicomponent Flows: Fully Conservative and Semi-Conservative Eigenstructures
Chamarthi, Amareshwara Sainadh
Fluid Dynamics
Compressible multiphase and multicomponent solvers require accurate interface representation without spurious pressure oscillations. At material interfaces, pressure and velocity are continuous while density and the equation of state exhibit abrupt discontinuities. Standard approaches reconstruct primitive or characteristic variables to capture these properties, but do not clarify the failure mechanisms of conservative reconstruction or fully leverage the wave-decoupling advantages of characteristic decomposition. This work derives the complete eigenstructure of the Allaire five-equation model for two variable sets. In the fully conservative~(FC) formulation, $\mathbf{U} = [α_1ρ_1,\,α_2ρ_2,\,ρu,\,ρv,\,ρE,\,α_1]^T$, eigenvectors contain a thermodynamic jump term~$Ψ$ that enforces $dp=0$ and $du=0$ at material contacts by compensating for compressibility mismatches. In the semi-conservative~(SC) formulation, $\mathbf{V} = [α_1ρ_1,\,α_2ρ_2,\,ρu,\,ρv,\,p,\,α_1]^T$, the volume-fraction eigenvector carries a structural zero in the pressure slot, enforcing equilibrium without thermodynamic correction. Explicit left and right eigenvectors are derived for one- and two-dimensional stiffened-gas flows. Both formulations satisfy Abgrall's equilibrium condition when reconstruction is performed in characteristic space; reconstruction in physical space yields $\mathcal{O}(1)$ pressure and velocity errors at interfaces regardless of the variable set. The eigenvector structure further reveals that the shear wave is decoupled from all thermodynamic and interface fields in both formulations, extending this result from single-species to compressible multiphase flows including gas-liquid configurations. One- and two-dimensional gas-gas and gas-liquid test cases confirm oscillation-free, accurate results.
title Wave-Appropriate Reconstruction of Compressible Multiphase and Multicomponent Flows: Fully Conservative and Semi-Conservative Eigenstructures
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20036