Time-stable boundary conditions for finite-difference schemes solving hyperbolic systems: Methodology and application to high-order compact schemes (Q1326672)

A new procedure for imposing boundary conditions (simultaneous approximation term) (SAT) that solves a linear combination of the boundary conditions and the differential equations near the boundary is introduced. This technique is an extension of the method used by \textit{D. Funaro} and \textit{D. Gottlieb} [Math. Comput. 51, No. 184, 599-613 (1988; Zbl 0699.65079)] to stabilize the pseudospectral Chebyshev collocation method. It is shown that if the approximation of the derivative operator admits a summation-by-parts formula then the SAT method is stable in the classical sense and is also time-stable. The implementation of the SAT method to systems of hyperbolic equations is discussed. Numerical studies are presented to verify the efficacy of the approach.