Integral-relation method
strip method
A method for solving a system of partial differential equations, based on approximately reducing a partial differential equation to a system of ordinary differential equations. It is applicable to differential equations of various types. It was introduced by A.A. Dorodnitsyn [1] as a generalization of the method of straight lines, a generalization of it with the introduction of smoothened functions was given in [2], while in [3] the method was evaluated and further developed.
Suppose one has a system of partial differential equations in divergence form
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where ,
,
are given functions in the independent variables
,
and in the unknown variables
. Suppose further that a solution to (1) is sought for in the curvilinear rectangle with boundary
,
,
,
, on which
conditions are posed, and where
of them are posed on
and
. If the function
is unknown in advance, one only needs one additional condition. If the boundary contains singular points, then instead of corresponding boundary conditions one uses regularity conditions.
In the -th approximation the domain of integration is decomposed into
strips by the lines
,
. For each
one chooses a closed system of
linearly independent functions
. By multiplying each initial equation in (1) by
and after integration, with respect to
, across all strips, one obtains
integral relations of the form
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The integrals ,
,
are approximated by using interpolation formulas with respect to their values
,
,
on the boundaries of the strips. The integrals participating in the integral relations have the form
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where are numerical coefficients depending on the choice of the interpolation formulas and the form of the
. The result is a system of ordinary differential equations, with respect to
, relative to
values of the unknown functions
on the entire boundaries of the strips. This system is closed by
boundary conditions for
and
.
The functions can be chosen rather arbitrarily. Choosing
,
, i.e. delta-functions, leads to the method of straight lines. In it the derivatives with respect to
are replaced by difference expressions, corresponding to the interpolation formulas chosen. When using the step-functions
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, one simply speaks of the integral-relation method, and the initial equations are integrated across each strip. Moreover, the conservation laws chosen for (1) are written as the following integral relations for the strips:
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For systems of quasi-linear hyperbolic-type equations one has investigated convergence and error of the integral-relation method [4]. In [4] one has also established results that indicate the superiority of the integral-relation method over that of straight lines. Later papers have investigated analogous results for elliptic-type equations.
The merits of the integral-relation method are, among others: the possibility of choosing the interpolation formulas and the function in dependence on the behaviour of the solution; the exact integration with respect to one of the variables (a result of the divergence notation of the original equations); the simplicity of the computational algorithm; and the relatively-small amount of computer memory when calculating on a computer. In the integral-relation method one approximates by an integral: this increases the accuracy of the approximation on account of a reduction of the coefficient of the remainder term; the integral is a smoother function than the integrand, thus one may reduce the number of interpolation nodes. If the integrand has discontinuities of the first kind, then the integral is a continuous function. The integral-relation method is most efficient when the solution can be obtained with good accuracy for a small number of strips.
The approximation in two variables of the integral-relation method can be generalized to the case of equations in three variables. Approximation in two variables can be conducted also in the two-dimensional case (the domain of integration is not partitioned into strips but into subdomains then); the system of approximate equations is then a system of non-linear algebraic or transcendental equations. Elements of the integral-relation method are used in other numerical methods, e.g. in the large-particle method.
The integral-relation method is mostly used in gas dynamics, where a number of practically-important problems have been solved by using it. Three schemes of the integral-relation method have been considered here: 1) the domain of integration is partitioned by lines passing through the surface of the body and the shock waves (Fig.a); 2) the domain of integration is partitioned by lines passing through the axis of symmetry and the boundary characteristics (Fig.b); and 3) the partitioning is into subdomains by two families of intersecting lines (Fig.c).
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The integral-relation method for computing supersonic flow around the fore part of a blunted body with propagating shock waves was developed in [5], in which a numerical solution to this problem in a direct formulation was obtained for the first time. The solutions for most general cases have been found (bodies of various forms; spatial flow; the flow of a real gas under equilibrium and non-equilibrium physical-chemical changes and radiations; non-stationary motion; and the flow of a viscous gas, [6]). The method has also been used for computing the potential flow of a gas [7], and for solving some mixed problems: flow in sub- and transonic parts of jets [8]. Pre-critical flow around a profile under an angle of attack with a place of the supersonic region has been considered [9]. Supersonic conic gas flow has been clarified by the integral-relation method.
The integral-relation method has found wide application in computing the flow of a viscous gas in the theory of boundary layers. In the laminar incompressible case a solution has been obtained up to the point of discontinuity [2]. Further, laminar boundary layers in a gas taking into account blowing-up or suction, radiation or heath conduction have been calculated. By the integral-relation method one has obtained solutions to the non-stationary problem of a point one-dimensional discontinuity in a gas taking counter-pressure into account, as well as in a gas with infinite conductivity in the presence of a magnetic field and in a heated gas.
References
[1] | A.A. Dorodnitsyn, "On a method for numerically solving certain nonlinear problems of aerohydrodynamics" , Proc. third All-Union Math. Congress , 3 , Moscow (1956) pp. 447–453 (In Russian) |
[2] | A.A. Dorodnitsyn, "On a method for solving the laminar boundary layer equation" Zh. Priklad. Mekh. i Tekhn. Fiz. , 1 : 3 (1960) pp. 111–118 (In Russian) |
[3] | O.M. Belotserkovskii, P.I. Chushkin, "A numerical method of integral relations" USSR Comp. Math. Math. Phys. , 2 (1963) pp. 823–858 Zh. Vychisl. Mat. Mat. Fiz. , 2 : 5 (1962) pp. 731–759 |
[4] | V.V. Bobkov, V.I. Krylov, "The method of integral relations for equations and systems of hyperbolic type" Differentsial'nye Uravneniya , 1 : 2 (1965) pp. 230–243 (In Russian) |
[5] | O.M. Belotserkovskii, "Flow around a circular cylinder with a detached shockwave" Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR , 113 : 3 (1957) pp. 509–512 (In Russian) |
[6] | O.M. Belotserkovskii, et al., "Flow of a supersonic gas around blunted bodies; theoretical and experimental investigations" , Moscow (1967) (In Russian) |
[7] | P.I. Chuskin, "Subsonic gas flow around ellipses and ellipsoids" Vychisl. Mat. , 2 (1957) pp. 20–44 (In Russian) |
[8] | Ya.I. Alikhashkin, A.P. Favorskii, P.I. Chushkin, "On the calculation of the flow in a plane laval nozzle" USSR Comp. Math. Math. Phys. , 3 : 6 (1963) pp. 1552–1558 Zh. Vychisl. Mat. Mat. Fiz. , 3 : 6 (1963) pp. 1130–1134 |
[9] | T.C. Tai, "Transonic inviscid flow over lifting airfoils by the method of integral relations" J. AIAA , 12 (1974) pp. 798–804 |
[10] | V.P. Korobeinikov, P.I. Chushkin, "Plane, cylindrical, and spherical explosions in a gas with counterpressure" Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. , 87 (1967) pp. 1–40 Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklov. , 87 (1966) pp. 4–34 |
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