Modelling discontinuities and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in SPH

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DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2008.08.011zbMATH Open1218.76037arXiv0709.2772OpenAlexW2139901931MaRDI QIDQ2378058FDOQ2378058


Authors: Daniel J. Price Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 6 January 2009

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we discuss the treatment of discontinuities in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations. In particular we discuss the difference between integral and differential representations of the fluid equations in an SPH context and how this relates to the formulation of dissip ative terms for the capture of shocks and other discontinuities. This has important implications for many problems, in particular related to recently highlighted problems in treating Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities across entropy gradients in SPH. The specific problems pointed out by Agertz et al. (2007) are shown to be related in particular to the (lack of) treatment of contact discontinuities in standard SPH formulations which can be cured by the simple application of an artificial thermal conductivity term. We propose a new formulation of artificial thermal conductivity in SPH which minimises dissipation away from discontinuities and can therefore be applied quite generally in SPH calculations.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2772




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