《Integrated Space-Time Finite Volume》.pdf

Journal of Computational Physics 154, 497–519 (1999) Article ID jcph.1999.6324, available online at on The Integrated Space-Time Finite Volume Method and Its Application to Moving Boundary Problems P. J. Zwart, G. D. Raithby, and M. J. Raw Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; AEA Technology Engineering Software Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada E-mail: pjzwart@asc.on.ca, graith@sunwise.uwaterloo.ca, mjraw@asc.on.ca Received March 9, 1999; revised June 30, 1999 The integrated space-time finite volume method for predicting time-dependent fluid flow problems is developed. By enforcing discrete conservation over space- time control volumes which fill the space-time domain, this method satisfies global conservation in space-time while automatically satisfying the Leibnitz Rule and geo- metrical conservation law. The method is validated using a variety of two-dimensional problems featuring both prescribed and free boundary motion. Advances in other as- pects of cell-centered finite volume discretization—most notably in the modelling of diffusion terms and free surface flows—are also described. c 1999 Academic Press Key Words: space-time; finite volume; moving boundary; Navier–Stokes; free sur- face. 1. INTRODUCTION The finite volume method has proven to be very successful for solving the equations of fluid dynamics. According to this method, the solution domain is filled with a mesh, which is used to define storage locations for each variable: typically these locations are ei- ther the mesh vertices (for vertex-centered