Abstract
Here we report a method that converts standard smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) into a working shock-capturing scheme without relying on solutions to the Riemann problem. Unlike existing adaptive SPH simulations, the present scheme is based on an adaptive kernel estimation of the density, which combines intrinsic features of both the kernel and nearest neighbor approaches in a way that the amount of smoothing required in low-density regions is effectively controlled. Symmetrized SPH representations of the gas dynamic equations along with the usual kernel summation for the density are used to guarantee variational consistency. Implementation of the adaptive kernel estimation involves a very simple procedure and allows for a unique scheme that handles strong shocks and rarefactions the same way. Since it represents a general improvement of the integral interpolation on scattered data, it is also applicable to other fluid-dynamic models. When the method is applied to supersonic compressible flows with sharp discontinuities, as in the classical one-dimensional shock-tube problem and its variants, the accuracy of the results is comparable, and in most cases superior, to that obtained from high quality Godunov-type methods and SPH formulations based on Riemann solutions. The extension of the method to two- and three-space dimensions is straightforward. In particular, for the two-dimensional cylindrical Noh’s shock implosion and Sedov point explosion problems the present scheme produces much better results than those obtained with conventional SPH codes.
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