The development of high-order solution methods remain a very active field of research in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). These types of schemes have the potential to reduce the computational cost necessary to compute solutions to a desired level of accuracy. The goal of this thesis has been to develop a high-order Central Essentially Non Oscillatory (CENO) finite volume scheme for multi-block unstructured meshes. In particular, solutions to the compressible, inviscid Euler equations are considered. The CENO method achieves a high-order spatial reconstruction based on the k-exact method, combined with hybrid switching to limited piecewise linear reconstruction in non-smooth regions to maintain monotonicity. Additionally, fourth-order Runge-Kutta time marching is applied. The solver described has been validated through a combination of high-order function reconstructions, and solutions to the Euler equations. Cases have been selected to demonstrate high-orders of convergence, the application of the hybrid switching method, and the multi-block techniques which has been implemented.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OTU.1807/29528 |
| Date | 23 August 2011 |
| Creators | McDonald, Sean D. |
| Contributors | Groth, Clinton P. T. |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
Page generated in 0.0342 seconds