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An error indicator for finite difference methods using spectral techniques with application to aerofoil simulation

An error indicator for finite difference methods using spectral techniques with application to aerofoil simulation
An error indicator for finite difference methods using spectral techniques with application to aerofoil simulation
This work introduces a new error indicator which can be used to determine areas of insufficient numerical resolution in unfiltered finite difference simulations. The background behind the methodology is that smaller scales (i.e. the flow features with higher wave numbers) are physically characterised by a smaller energy content in comparison with larger scales. This energy should decrease with increasing wavenumber at a minimum rate; if this rate is not attained it likely means that the smaller scales are not being properly resolved on the computational grid of solution points. An approach using spectral techniques is used to formulate two varieties of the error indicator – one integer-valued and one floating point-valued. These values are computed at a finite number of ‘blocks’ which span the domain. The indicator is implemented within the OpenSBLI finite difference-based modelling framework, and evaluated in the context of a three-dimensional Taylor-Green vortex problem and flow past a V2C laminar flow aerofoil.
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Jacobs, Christian T., Zauner, Markus, De Tullio, Nicola, Jammy, Satya, Lusher, David and Sandham, Neil (2018) An error indicator for finite difference methods using spectral techniques with application to aerofoil simulation. Computers & Fluids, 168, 67-72. (doi:10.1016/j.compfluid.2018.03.065).

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This work introduces a new error indicator which can be used to determine areas of insufficient numerical resolution in unfiltered finite difference simulations. The background behind the methodology is that smaller scales (i.e. the flow features with higher wave numbers) are physically characterised by a smaller energy content in comparison with larger scales. This energy should decrease with increasing wavenumber at a minimum rate; if this rate is not attained it likely means that the smaller scales are not being properly resolved on the computational grid of solution points. An approach using spectral techniques is used to formulate two varieties of the error indicator – one integer-valued and one floating point-valued. These values are computed at a finite number of ‘blocks’ which span the domain. The indicator is implemented within the OpenSBLI finite difference-based modelling framework, and evaluated in the context of a three-dimensional Taylor-Green vortex problem and flow past a V2C laminar flow aerofoil.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 March 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 March 2018
Published date: 30 May 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 419079
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/419079
ISSN: 0045-7930
PURE UUID: 05bab6c3-f242-4fab-82e4-961e87ce7f95
ORCID for Christian T. Jacobs: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0034-4650
ORCID for Markus Zauner: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6644-2990
ORCID for Satya Jammy: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8099-8573
ORCID for Neil Sandham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5107-0944

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Date deposited: 29 Mar 2018 16:30
Last modified: 28 Mar 2024 05:03

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Author: Christian T. Jacobs ORCID iD
Author: Markus Zauner ORCID iD
Author: Nicola De Tullio
Author: Satya Jammy ORCID iD
Author: David Lusher
Author: Neil Sandham ORCID iD

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