Formulation of entropy-conservative discretizations for compressible flows of thermally perfect gases

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Authors: Alessandro Aiello, Carlo De Michele, Gennaro Coppola
Cited by: 1
References: 57

Abstract

This study proposes a novel spatial discretization procedure for the compressible Euler equations that guarantees entropy conservation at a discrete level for thermally perfect gases. The procedure is based on a locally conservative formulation, and extends the entropy-conserving schemes to the more realistic case of thermally perfect gases, while still guaranteeing preservation of both linear invariants and kinetic energy. The proposed methodology, which can also be extended to multicomponent gases and to an Asymptotically Entropy-Conservative formulation, shows advantages in terms of accuracy and robustness when compared to existing similar approaches.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics Navier-Stokes equation solutions

Publication details

Journal / source
Journal of Computational Physics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
563
Pages
115053–115053
Publication date
21 May 2026
Language
EN