A multi-scale kinetic inviscid flux extracted from the gas-kinetic scheme for simulating incompressible and compressible flows

TL;DR

This paper introduces a multi-scale kinetic inviscid flux (KIF) for simulating both incompressible and compressible flows, combining micro-scale and macro-scale mechanisms for improved accuracy and stability in CFD simulations.

Contribution

It proposes a novel KIF based on direct modeling of multi-scale flow behaviors, integrating KFVS and TTT methods with automatic weight determination, applicable in traditional CFD frameworks.

Findings

KIF accurately captures shock waves and smooth flow regions.

KIF avoids carbuncle phenomenon and extra numerical viscosity.

KIF produces sharp density and temperature contours in hypersonic flows.

Abstract

A Kinetic Inviscid Flux (KIF) is proposed for simulating incompressible and compressible flows. It is constructed based on the direct modeling of multi-scale flow behaviors, which is used in the Gas-Kinetic Scheme (GKS), the Unified Gas-Kinetic Scheme (UGKS), the Discrete Unified Gas-Kinetic Scheme (DUGKS), etc.. In KIF, the discontinuities (such as the shock wave) that can not be well resolved by mesh cells are mainly solved by the Kinetic Flux Vector Splitting (KFVS) method representing the free transport mechanism (or micro-scale mechanism), while in other flow regions that are smooth, the flow behavior is solved mainly by the central-scheme-like Totally Thermalized Transport (TTT). The weights of KFVS and TTT in KIF is automatically determined by those in the theory of direct modeling. Two ways of choosing the weights in KIF are proposed, which are actually the weights adopted in the UGKS and the DUGKS, respectively. By using the test cases of Sod shock tube, rarefaction wave, the boundary layer of flat plate, the cavity flow and hypersonic flow over circular cylinder, the validity and accuracy of the present method are examined. The KIF does not suffer from the carbuncle phenomenon, and does not introduce extra numerical viscosity in smooth regions. Especially, in the case of hypersonic cylinder, it gives a quite sharp and clear density and temperature contours. The KIF can be viewed as an inviscid-viscous splitting version of the GKS. By the doing this splitting, it is easy to be used in the traditional CFD frameworks. It can also be classified as a new type in the numerical schemes based on the kinetic theory that are represented by the works in Ref. \cite{SunA} and Ref. \cite{ohwada2018a}, except the weights are determined by the weights of direct modeling.