A simple HLLE-type scheme for all Mach number flows

Abstract

A simple HLLE-type scheme is proposed for all Mach number flows. In the proposed scheme, no extra wave structure is added in the HLLE scheme to resolve the shear wave while the contact wave is resolved by adding a wave structure similar to the HLLEM scheme. The resolution of the shear layers and the flow features at low Mach numbers is achieved by a velocity reconstruction method based on the face normal Mach number. Robustness against the numerical instabilities is achieved by scaling the velocity reconstruction function in the vicinity of shock with a multi-dimensional pressure sensor. The ability of the proposed scheme to resolve low Mach flow features is demonstrated through asymptotic analysis while the stability of the proposed scheme for strong shock is demonstrated through linear perturbation and matrix stability analyses. A set of numerical test cases are solved to show that the proposed scheme is free from numerical shock instability problems at high speeds and is capable of resolving the flow features at very low Mach numbers.