On the preservation of total enthalpy in SUPG methods

Steven W. Bova, Benjamin S. Kirk

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Abstract

We analyze the artificial dissipation introduced by a streamline-upwind Petrov-Galerkin finite element method and consider its effect on the conservation of total enthalpy for the Euler and laminar Navier-Stokes equations. We also consider the chemically reacting case. We demonstrate that in general, total enthalpy is not conserved for the important special case of the steady-state Euler equations. A modification to the artificial dissipation is proposed and shown to significantly improve the conservation of total enthalpy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication20th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 2011
StatePublished - 2011
Event20th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 2011 - Honolulu, HI, United States
Duration: Jun 27 2011Jun 30 2011

Publication series

Name20th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 2011

Conference

Conference20th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu, HI
Period06/27/1106/30/11

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