Construction of two-dimensional flows in physical space arising after the decay of a special discontinuity

Author(s):  
Сергей Львович Дерябин ◽  
Анна Сергеевна Кирьянова

Рассмотрены двумерные изэнтропические течения политропного газа, возникающие в начальный момент времени после мгновенного разрушения непроницаемой стенки, отделяющей неоднородный покоящийся газ от вакуума. В качестве математической модели используется система уравнений газовой динамики с учетом действия силы тяжести. В системе уравнений газовой динамики вводится автомодельная особенность в переменную x и для полученной системы ставится задача Коши с данными на звуковой характеристике. Решение начально-краевой задачи строится в виде степенного ряда. Коэффициенты ряда находятся при интегрировании обыкновенных дифференциальных уравнений. Для доказательства сходимости этого ряда ставится начально-краевая задача в пространстве других независимых переменных, а решение строится в виде своего сходящегося степенного ряда, и доказывается эквивалентность решений первой и второй начально-краевых задач The aim of this study is to construct a solution to the problem of the decay of a special discontinuity in physical space, i.e., two-dimensional isentropic flows of polytropic gas, arising after the instantaneous destruction of an impenetrable wall that separates an inhomogeneous resting gas from a vacuum. The study takes into account the effect of gravity. Research Methods. A variable, which governs the evolution of the self-similar singularity from the initial interface is introduced into the system of equations of gas dynamics. For the resulting system, the Cauchy problem is posed with prescribed values on the sound characteristic. The solution to this problem is constructed in the form of power series. The coefficients of the series are determined by solving algebraic and ordinary differential equations. Further, to prove the convergence of this series, an initial-boundary-value problem is posed in a special functional space. The solution to this initial-boundary value problem is constructed in the form of its convergent power series and the equivalence of solutions for the first and second initial-boundary value problems is proved. Solutions of the problem for the decay of a special discontinuity are constructed in the form of convergent power series. The equivalence of solutions in the physical and special functional space is proved. Conclusions. The solution constructed in physical space determines the initial conditions for the difference scheme for the numerical simulation of the given characteristic Cauchy problem, while the one, built in a special functional space, allows setting boundary conditions for this scheme

1998 ◽  
Vol 355 ◽  
pp. 193-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
VASSILIOS THEOFILIS

The stability of an incompressible swept attachment-line boundary layer flow is studied numerically, within the Görtler–Hämmerlin framework, in both the linear and nonlinear two-dimensional regimes in a self-consistent manner. The initial-boundary-value problem resulting from substitution of small-amplitude excitation into the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations and linearization about the generalized Hiemenz profile is solved. A comprehensive comparison of all linear approaches utilized to date is presented and it is demonstrated that the linear initial-boundary-value problem formulation delivers results in excellent agreement with those obtained by solution of either the temporal or the spatial linear stability theory eigenvalue problem for both zero suction and a layer in which blowing is applied. In the latter boundary layer recent experiments have documented the growth of instability waves with frequencies in a range encompassed by that of the unstable Görtler–Hämmerlin linear modes found in our simulations. In order to enable further comparisons with experiment and, thus, assess the validity of the Görtler–Hämmerlin theoretical model, we make available the spatial structure of the eigenfunctions at maximum growth conditions.The condition on smallness of the imposed excitation is subsequently relaxed and the resulting nonlinear initial-boundary-value problem is solved. Extensive numerical experimentation has been performed which has verified theoretical predictions on the way in which the solution is expected to bifurcate from the linear neutral loop. However, it is demonstrated that the two-dimensional model equations considered do not deliver subcritical instability of this flow; this strengthens the conjecture that three-dimensionality is, at least partly, responsible for the observed discrepancy between the linear theory critical Reynolds number and the subcritical turbulence observed either experimentally or in three-dimensional numerical simulations. Further, the present nonlinear computations demonstrate that the unstable flow has its line of maximum amplification in the neighbourhood of the experimentally observed instability waves, in a manner analogous to the Blasius boundary layer. In line with previous eigenvalue problem and direct simulation work, suction is observed to be a powerful stabilization mechanism for naturally occurring instabilities of small amplitude.


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