A new implicit algorithm with multigrid for unsteady incompressible flow calculations

Abstract

C, coefficient of pressure C, = Wepresent a new fully-implicit algorithm for unsteady incompressible flow calculations for both the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations.The new method couples the artificial compressibility ap- proach with an implicit A-stable discretization of the unsteady terms in order to advance the solution in a time-accurate manner with no stability limitations on the time step.A pseudotransient steady state problem is solved at each time step to provide a direct coupling between the velocity and pressure fields, and to satisfy the divergence-free constraint.T h e present algorithm solves the pseudotransient problem by using the highly efficient multigrid time stepping technique, originally developed by Jameson [I] for compressible flow calculations.Both viscous and inviscid test problems are presented.An inviscid two-dimensional flow over an oscillating cylinder is used to validate the method by comparison with analytic results.T h e mean quantities of the unsteady viscous flow over a circular cylinder for Re 5 200 are computed and found to be in good agreement with the computational and cxperimental data obtained by other authors.Results for the unsteady viscous flow over a NACA0012 airfoil at 20" angle of attack are also presented, and domain truncation and time resolution effects are discussed.