A Method for Eulerian Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

A method is presented for obtaining numerical solutions of the Eulerian hydrodynamic equations for supersonic compressible flows. The procedure is an adaptation of the PlC method to the case of a continuous fluid. Some discussion is given concerning the limitations of the procedure; the conservation of mass, energy, and momentum; and the treatment of rigid obstacles and two-fluid interfaces. Examples of calculations for flows past a number of cylindrically symmetric objects are also presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 1963
Accession Number
ADA385039

Entities

People

  • Marvin Rich
  • Samuel S. Blackman

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Compressible Flow
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Difference Equations
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Mach Number
  • Mass Flow
  • Momentum
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Stagnation Pressure
  • Steady State
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight