ISSN:
0271-2091
Keywords:
Acceleration of convergence
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Steady state solution
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Finite difference
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Eigensystem analysis
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Shifting of the spectrum
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Euler equations
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Iterative method
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Frechet derivative
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Eigenvalue annihilation
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Rates of convergence
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Engineering
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Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Eigensystem analysis techniques are applied to finite difference formulations of the Navier-Stokes equations in one dimension. Spectra of the resulting implicit difference operators are computed. The largest eigenvalues are calculated by using a combination of the Frechet derivative of the operators and Arnoldi's method. The accuracy of Arnoldi's method is tested by comparing the rate of convergence of the iterative method with the dominant eigenvalue of the original iteration matrix.On the basis of the pattern of eigenvalue distributions for various flow configurations, a shifting of the implicit operators in question is devised. The idea of shifting is based on the power method of linear algebra and is very simple to implement. This procedure has improved the rates of convergence of CFD codes (developed at NASA Ames Research Center) by 20%-50%. The sensitivity of the computed solution with respect to the shift is also studied. Finally, an adaptive shifting of the spectrum together with Wynn's acceleration algorithm are discussed. It turns out that the shifting process is a preconditioner for Wynn's method.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650120503
