Numerical Instabilities in Upwind Methods: Analysis and Cures for the "Carbuncle" Phenomenon

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 271-301

  Pandolfi, Maurizio ^a   D'Ambrosio, Domenic ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Carbuncle" phenomenon; Fluid dynamics; Numerical instability; Shock waves; Upwind methods

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

"CARBUNCLE" PHENOMENON; CARBUNCLE PHENOMENA; FLUID-DYNAMICS; METHOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL INSTABILITY; SHOCK-WAVES; UPWIND METHOD;

SHOCK WAVES;

EID: 0001477246     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2000.6652     Document Type: Article

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