Numerical Analysis
An Asymptotic Preserving Scheme for Pipe Networks
Vortrag im AG Numerik Seminar von Dr. PhD Michael Redle, RWTH Aachen
When?
June 03, 2025, 15:30-16:30
Where?
Raum 314
Dolivostr. 15
64293 Darmstadt
Organiser
FB Mathematik, AG Numerik
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We consider the simulation of isentropic flow in pipelines and pipe networks. Standard operating conditions in pipe networks suggest an emphasis to simulate low Mach and high friction regimes – however, the system is stiff in these regimes and conventional explicit approximation techniques prove quite costly and often impractical. To combat these inefficiencies, we develop a novel asymptotic-preserving scheme that is uniformly consistent and stable for all Mach regimes. The proposed method for a single pipeline follows the flux splitting suggested in Haack (2012) et al., in which the flux is separated into stiff and non-stiff portions then discretized in time using an implicit-explicit approach. To extend to full pipe networks, the scheme on a single pipeline is paired with coupling conditions defined at pipe-to-pipe intersections to ensure a mathematically well-posed problem. We show that the coupling conditions remain well-posed at the low Mach/high friction limit – which, when used to define the ghost cells of each pipeline, results in a method that is accurate across these intersections in all regimes. The proposed method is tested on several numerical examples and produces accurate, non-oscillatory results with run times independent of the Mach number.
Tags
Mathematik, Numerik