High Accuracy Schemes for DNS and Acoustics

High-accuracy schemes have been proposed here to solve computational acoustics and DNS problems. This is made possible for spatial discretization by optimizing explicit and compact differencing procedures that minimize numerical error in the spectral plane. While zero-diffusion nine point explicit scheme has been proposed for the interior, additional high accuracy one-sided stencils have also been developed for ghost cells near the boundary. A new compact scheme has also been proposed for non-periodic problems—obtained by using multivariate optimization technique. Unlike DNS, the magnitude of acoustic solutions are similar to numerical noise and that rules out dissipation that is otherwise introduced via spatial and temporal discretizations. Acoustics problems are wave propagation problems and hence require Dispersion Relation Preservation (DRP) schemes that simultaneously meet high accuracy requirements and keeping numerical and physical dispersion relation identical. Emphasis is on high accuracy than high order for both DNS and acoustics. While higher order implies higher accuracy for spatial discretization, it is shown here not to be the same for time discretization. Specifically it is shown that the 2nd order accurate Adams-Bashforth (AB)—scheme produces unphysical results compared to first order accurate Euler scheme. This occurs, as the AB-scheme introduces a spurious computational mode in addition to the physical mode that apportions to itself a significant part of the initial condition that is subsequently heavily damped. Additionally, AB-scheme has poor DRP property making it a poor method for DNS and acoustics. These issues are highlighted here with the help of a solution for (a) Navier–Stokes equation for the temporal instability problem of flow past a rotating cylinder and (b) the inviscid response of a fluid dynamical system excited by simultaneous application of acoustic, vortical and entropic pulses in an uniform flow. The last problem admits analytic solution for small amplitude pulses and can be used to calibrate different methods for the treatment of non-reflecting boundary conditions as well.

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