Hyperviscosity for compressible flows using spectral methods (Q1099732)

We describe a method for direct numerical simulations of highly turbulent compressible flows which permits an enhacement of the Reynolds number. A modification of the dissipative terms of the hydrodynamical equations is introduced in a way that preserves, by construction, the thermodynamic laws of the dissipation functions. At constant cost, the simulated Reynolds numbers can be two orders of magnitude larger than with the standard Navier-Stokes equation. We also compare our method with the artificial viscosity scheme customary to spectral methods, namely using high powers of the Laplacian, and show that results are improved, in our case, leaving out spurious oscillations near the shock, in particular.