An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Solution of Shock Tube Problem by Using Roe Solver

Soumen Roy

Published 2021-03-04Version 1

The study of fluids has been a topic of intense research for several hundred years. Over the years, this has further increased due to improved computational facility, which makes it easy to numerically simulate the fluid dynamics, which was beyond the analytical reach before. In this project, we discuss the general transport theorem for moving control volume system, apply this theory to control mass system which gives the continuity equation, and on momentum conservation from which we get the Navier-Stokes equation and energy conservation. By approximating the three equations for the ideal gas flow, we get one dimensional Euler equation. These equations are non-linear, and their analytic solutions are highly non-trivial. We will use Riemann solvers to get the exact solution numerically. In this project, we have considered only the Sod's Shock Tube problem. Finally, we focus on the exact and approximate solution of density, pressure, velocity, entropy, and Mach number using Python code.