Kinetic schemes on staggered grids for barotropic Euler models: entropy-stability analysis

We introduce a new scheme of finite volume type for barotropic Euler equations. The numerical unknowns, namely densities and velocities, are defined on staggered grids. The numerical fluxes are defined by using the framework of kinetic schemes. We can consider general (convex) pressure laws. We justify that the density remains non negative and the total physical entropy does not increase, under suitable stability conditions. Performances of the scheme are illustrated through a set of numerical experiments.