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Pressure updating methods for the steady-state fluid equationsWe consider the steady state equations for a compressible fluid. Since we wish to solve for a range of speeds we must consider the equations in conservation form. For transonic speeds these equations are of mixed type. Hence, the usual approach is to add time derivatives to the steady state equations and then march these equations in time. One then adds a time derivative of the density to the continuity equation, a derivative of the momentum to the momentum equation and a derivative of the total energy to the energy equation. This choice is dictated by the time consistent equations. However, since we are only interested in the steady state this is not necessary. Thus we shall consider the possibility of adding a time derivative of the pressure to the continuity equation and similar modifications for the energy equation. This can then be generalized to adding combinations of time derivatives to each equation since these vanish in the steady state. When using acceleration techniques such as residual smoothing, multigrid, etc. these are applied to the pressure rather than the density. Hence, the code duplicates the behavior of the incompressible equations for low speeds.
Document ID
19950023932
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Fiterman, A.
(Weizmann Inst. of Science Rehovot, Israel)
Turkel, E.
(Tel-Aviv Univ. Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel)
Vatsa, V.
(Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1995
Subject Category
Numerical Analysis
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-198163
ICASE-95-40
NAS 1.26:198163
Report Number: NASA-CR-198163
Report Number: ICASE-95-40
Report Number: NAS 1.26:198163
Accession Number
95N30353
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 505-90-52-01
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-19480
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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