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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 70, 2016 - Issue 4
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Repeated Richardson extrapolation to reduce the field discretization error in computational fluid dynamics

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Pages 340-353 | Received 17 Feb 2016, Accepted 20 May 2016, Published online: 06 Oct 2016
 

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to extend the use of repeated Richardson extrapolation to one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) fields in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The following two methods are tested: completed Richardson extrapolation (CRE), a method that has been used previously in the literature, and full Richardson extrapolation (FRE), a new method developed in this study. The Poisson’s, advection–diffusion, Laplace’s, and Burgers’ equations are solved using the finite difference method. The CRE and FRE methods were found to significantly reduce the discretization error of the numerical solutions for all nodes of the grid.

Nomenclature

C=

Richardson correction

CDS-2=

second-order central differencing scheme

CDS-4=

fourth-order central differencing scheme

E=

discretization error in the numerical solution

g=

number of a grid

G=

number of grids

h=

distance between two consecutive nodes in each grid

k=

weighting factor

L1, L2 and Li=

L1-norm, L2-norm, and -norm

m=

number of Richardson extrapolations

N=

total number of nodes in grid

Ng=

total number of nodes in grid g

p=

pressure (Pa)

P, W, E=

spatial position of the node in the grid

pE=

effective order

Pe=

Peclet number

pf=

order of accuracy of numerical solution

pm=

true orders

p0=

theoretical order of accuracy

r=

grid refinement ratio

Re=

Reynolds number

u, v=

dependent variables

UDS-1=

first-order upwind differencing scheme

x, y=

spatial coordinates

Nomenclature

C=

Richardson correction

CDS-2=

second-order central differencing scheme

CDS-4=

fourth-order central differencing scheme

E=

discretization error in the numerical solution

g=

number of a grid

G=

number of grids

h=

distance between two consecutive nodes in each grid

k=

weighting factor

L1, L2 and Li=

L1-norm, L2-norm, and -norm

m=

number of Richardson extrapolations

N=

total number of nodes in grid

Ng=

total number of nodes in grid g

p=

pressure (Pa)

P, W, E=

spatial position of the node in the grid

pE=

effective order

Pe=

Peclet number

pf=

order of accuracy of numerical solution

pm=

true orders

p0=

theoretical order of accuracy

r=

grid refinement ratio

Re=

Reynolds number

u, v=

dependent variables

UDS-1=

first-order upwind differencing scheme

x, y=

spatial coordinates

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