Numerical simulation of shock/boundary-layer interaction using an unstructured shock-fitting technique

An unstructured, shock-fitting algorithm, originally developed to simulate inviscid flows, has been further make it capable of dealing with shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions (SWBLI). This paper illustrates the newly implemented algorithmic features this technique and its application two-dimensional flow-configurations representative three different SWBLI patterns. A detailed comparison between numerical solutions obtained using aforementioned a “state-of-the-art” shock-capturing on nearly identical meshes are also given. More specifically, qualitative quantitative grid-convergence analyses presented show significant achievements in terms reduced discretization error improved order-of-convergence that delivers, compared shock-capturing.