On a Non-Reflecting Boundary Condition for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws

A non-reflecting boundary condition (NRBC) for practical computations in fluid dynamics and aeroacoustics is presented. The technique is based on the hyperbolicity of the Euler equation system and the first principle of plane (simple) wave propagation. The NRBC is simple and effective, provided the numerical scheme maintains locally a C(sup 1) continuous solution at the boundary. Several numerical examples in ID, 2D and 3D space are illustrated to demonstrate its robustness in practical computations.