15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

P3.4

The HLLC Riemann solver applied to atmospheric flow simulations

Nash'at Ahmad, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and Z. Boybeyi

The Harten-Lax-van Leer-Contact (HLLC) approximate Riemann solver is implemented in a Godunov-type scheme for solving the Euler equations governing atmospheric flows. The Godunov-type schemes are conservative and exhibit little numerical dispersion. This paper describes in detail the implementation of the scheme on unstructured adaptive grids. The important role Godunov-type methods can play in accurately resolving atmospheric phenomena characterized by steep gradients is also demonstrated.

Poster Session 3, Fluid Dynamics Posters III
Friday, 17 June 2005, 8:30 AM-8:30 AM, Thomas Paine B

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