Effect of Nonuniform Grids on High-Order Finite Difference Method

Effect of Nonuniform Grids on High-Order Finite Difference Method

Year:    2017

Author:    Dan Xu, Xiaogang Deng, Yaming Chen, Guangxue Wang, Yidao Dong

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 9 (2017), Iss. 4 : pp. 1012–1034

Abstract

The finite difference (FD) method is popular in the computational fluid dynamics and widely used in various flow simulations. Most of the FD schemes are developed on the uniform Cartesian grids; however, the use of nonuniform or curvilinear grids is inevitable for adapting to the complex configurations and the coordinate transformation is usually adopted. Therefore, the question that whether the characteristics of the numerical schemes evaluated on the uniform grids can be preserved on the nonuniform grids arises, which is seldom discussed. Based on the one-dimensional wave equation, this paper systematically studies the characteristics of the high-order FD schemes on nonuniform grids, including the order of accuracy, resolution characteristics and the numerical stability. Especially, the Fourier analysis involving the metrics is presented for the first time and the relation between the resolution of numerical schemes and the stretching ratio of grids is discussed. Analysis shows that for smooth varying grids, these characteristics can be generally preserved after the coordinate transformation. Numerical tests also validate our conclusions.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.2016.m1477

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 9 (2017), Iss. 4 : pp. 1012–1034

Published online:    2017-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    23

Keywords:    Finite difference method nonuniform grids coordinate transformation Fourier analysis.

Author Details

Dan Xu

Xiaogang Deng

Yaming Chen

Guangxue Wang

Yidao Dong

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