An improved discontinuity sensor for high-order weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme on triangular meshes

Abstract

In this paper, a new type of hybrid weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) schemes with third-order and fourth-order accuracy is developed to simulate compressible flow problems on unstructured meshes. First, an improved discontinuity sensor is designed on unstructured meshes, which can automatically and accurately identify the troubled cells without manually adjusting the parameters related to the problem. Second, a hybrid unequal-sized WENO (US-WENO) scheme with different accuracy is developed based on the new hybridization strategy and the existing US-WENO scheme to reduce the computational overhead caused by the computation of nonlinear weights and local characteristic decompositions in WENO procedures. Finally, some benchmark examples are employed to verify the performance of the proposed method in terms of numerical dissipation, shock capture ability, and computational efficiency. Numerical experiments show that the proposed hybrid US-WENO schemes can inherit the excellent characteristics of the original US-WENO schemes while improving computational efficiency.