An assessment of spectral nonoscillatory schemes (Q1339559)

The performance of the spectral essentially nonoscillatory (ENO) scheme of \textit{W. Cai} and \textit{C.-W. Shu} [J. Comput. Phys. 104, No. 2, 427-443 (1993; Zbl 0766.76069)] on the approximation of a periodic function with smooth structure and several discontinuities is assessed. Then, a new spectral ENO interpolation scheme that achieves spectral accuracy in smooth regions and is nonoscillatory on piecewise discontinuous data is proposed. The basic idea is to increase the order of the ENO scheme in proportion to the number of points wherever possible. Numerical experiments with the new scheme on interpolation, 1D advection, inviscid Burgers' equation and 1D gas dynamics confirm the high resolution features of the scheme. Comparisons with the results of earlier spectral nonoscillatory schemes show that the new one is competitive both in efficiency and accuracy.