PHYSICS 719 / Compressible Computational Fluid Dynamics

1.5 unit(s)

(cross-listed as CSE 721)

Numerical methods for the solution of equations governing the motion of compressible fluids. The course focuses on modelling features common to high Mach number and compressible gas flows such as the development of shocks and discontinuities. Approaches include Eulerian and Lagrangian methods, explicit artificial viscosities, flux correction and averaging, Godunov-type methods and discrete and semi-discrete schemes. Computer models in one and higher dimensions will be developed and used to compare methods on problems such as steepening waves, shock tubes and blast waves.