Re: Solving convection only problem

2016-10-20 Thread Zhekai Deng
Thanks for the reply. I searched more and just realized this question has been answered before. I then switched to VanLeerConvectionTerm, It turns out this method is able to keep the shock pretty well which has been mentioned in the previous posts. I might try CLAWPACK in the future, but I think

Re: Solving convection only problem

2016-10-20 Thread Daniel Wheeler
Hi Zhekai, There is generally a lot of numerical diffusion when solving convection problems with first order schemes and even some numerical diffusion when using higher order schemes. There are many different schemes and a mass of literature on how to preserve square waves, shocks and hyperbolic

Solving convection only problem

2016-10-19 Thread Zhekai Deng
Hi all, I am trying to use Fipy to solve convection only problem for the concentration moved only by solid body rotation in a "circular" shape geometry. By looking at the examples online, I found out that http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/examples/convection/