A fourth-order accurate compact difference scheme for solving the three-dimensional poisson equation with arbitrary boundaries

Shirzad Hosseinverdi, Hermann F. Fasel

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Abstract

This paper presents an efficient high-order sharp-interface method for solving the three-dimensional (3D) Poisson equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a nonuniform Carte-sian grid with irregular domain boundaries. The new approach is based on the combina-tion of the fourth-order compact finite difference scheme and the preconditioned stabilized biconjugate-gradient (BiCGSTAB) method. Contrary to the original immersed interface method by LeVeque & Li [1], the new method does not require jump corrections, instead, the (regular) compact finite difference stencil is adjusted at the irregular grid points (in the vicinity of the interfaces of the immersed bodies) to obtain a solution that is sharp across the interface while keeping the fourth-order global accuracy. The contribution of the present work is the design of a fourth-order-accurate 3D Poisson solver whose accuracy and efficiency does not deteriorate in the presence of an immersed boundary. This is attributed to (i) the modification of the discrete operators near immersed boundaries does not lead to a wide grid stencil due to the compact nature of the discretization and (ii) a preconditioning technique whose efficiency and cost are independent of the complexity of the geometry and the presence or not of an immersed boundary. The accuracy and computational efficiency of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated and validated over a range of problems including smooth and ir-regular boundaries. The test cases show that the new method is fourth-order accurate in the maximum norm whether an immersed boundary is present or not, on uniform or nonuniform grids. Furthermore, the efficiency of the preconditioned BiCGSTAB is demonstrated with re-gard to convergence rate and “extra” floating-point operation (FLOPextra ) which is due to the presence of immersed boundaries. It is shown that the solution method is equally efficient for domains with and without irregular boundaries, with a negligible FLOPextra in the presence of immersed boundaries.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
ISBN (Print)9781624105951
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
EventAIAA Scitech Forum, 2020 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Jan 6 2020Jan 10 2020

Publication series

NameAIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
Volume1 PartF

Conference

ConferenceAIAA Scitech Forum, 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period1/6/201/10/20

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering

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