A Survey of Several Finite Difference Methods for Systems of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws

Gary A Sod (1)

1 NYU - New York University [New York]

The finite difference methods of Godunov, Hyman, Lax and Wendroff (two-step), MacCormack, Rusanov, the upwind scheme, the hybrid scheme of Harten and Zwas, the antidiffusion method of Boris and Book, the artificial compression method of Harten, and Glimm's method, a random choice method, are discussed. The methods are used to integrate the one-dimensional Eulerian form of the equations of gas dynamics in Cartesian coordinates for an inviscid, nonheat-conducting fluid. The test problem was a typical shock tube problem. The results are compared and demonstrate that Glimm's method has several advantages.

Domaines: Mécanique des solides [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des structures [physics.class-ph]; Vibrations [physics.class-ph]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Dynamique, vibrations; Structures

Gary A Sod. A Survey of Several Finite Difference Methods for Systems of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws. Journal of Computational Physics, 1978, 27 (1), pp.1-31. ⟨10.1016/0021-9991(78)90023-2⟩. ⟨hal-01635155⟩