The Piecewise Parabolic Method for Multidimensional Relativistic Fluid Dynamics

The Piecewise Parabolic Method for Multidimensional Relativistic Fluid Dynamics

We present an extension of the Piecewise Parabolic Method to special relativistic fluid dynamics in multidimensions. The scheme is conservative, dimensionally unsplit, and suitable for a general equation of state. Temporal evolution is second-order accurate and employs characteristic projection operators; spatial interpolation is piece-wise parabolic making the scheme third-order accurate in sm...

Fluid Dynamics for Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

I give an introduction to the basic concepts of fluid dynamics as applied to the dynamical description of relativistic nuclear collisions.

Chapter 1 Relativistic Fluid Dynamics

A Stable Extrapolation Method for Multidimensional Degenerate Parabolic Problems

Degenerate parabolic problems in several space variables are approximated by combining a preliminary regularization procedure with a finite element extrapolation method. The proposed extrapolation acts on the so-called phase variable and leads to a linear problem which is shown to be stable. The ensuing linear algebraic system involves the same matrix for all time steps. Energy error estimates ...

A Gas Dynamics Method Based on the Spectral Deferred Corrections (SDC) Time Integration Technique and the Piecewise Parabolic Method (PPM)

We present a computational gas dynamics method based on the Spectral Deferred Corrections (SDC) time integration technique and the Piecewise Parabolic Method (PPM) finite volume method. The PPM framework is used to define edge-averaged quantities, which are then used to evaluate numerical flux functions. The SDC technique is used to integrate solution in time. This kind of approach was first ta...