Numerical study of three-dimensional flows using unfactored upwind-relaxation sweeping algorithm (Q1913823)

The linear stability analysis of the unfactored upwind relaxation-sweeping (URS) algorithm for three-dimensional flow field calculations has been carried out and it is shown that the URS algorithm is unconditionally stable. The algorithm is independent of the global sweeping direction selection. Three-dimensional compressible Euler equations are solved to study internal flows in a non-axisymmetric nozzle with a circular-to-rectangular transition duct, and complex shock wave structures for a channel flow. The efficiency and robustness of the URS algorithm has been demonstrated.