On Estimating Machine-Zero Residual

Publication date: 13 July 2020

Abstract: In this paper, we propose two techniques to estimate the magnitude of a machine-zero residual for a given problem, which is the smallest possible residual that can be achieved when we solve a system of discretized equations. We estimate the magnitude of the machine-zero residual by a norm of residuals computed with a randomly-perturbed approximate solution that is considered as close in magnitude to an exactly-converged solution. One method uses free-stream values as the approximate solution, and the other uses a current solution during an iterative solve as the approximate solution via the method of manufactured solutions. Numerical results show that these estimates predict the levels of machine-zero residuals very accurately for all equations of the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations in a transonic flow over an airfoil and viscous flows over a cylinder and a flat plate.

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