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A realizability-preserving high-order kinetic scheme using WENO reconstruction for entropy-based moment closures of linear kinetic equations in slab geometry
We develop a high-order kinetic scheme for entropy-based moment models of a
one-dimensional linear kinetic equation in slab geometry. High-order spatial
reconstructions are achieved using the weighted essentially non-oscillatory
(WENO) method, and for time integration we use multi-step Runge-Kutta methods
which are strong stability preserving and whose stages and steps can be written
as convex combinations of forward Euler steps. We show that the moment vectors
stay in the realizable set using these time integrators along with a maximum
principle-based kinetic-level limiter, which simultaneously dampens spurious
oscillations in the numerical solutions. We present numerical results both on a
manufactured solution, where we perform convergence tests showing our scheme
converges of the expected order up to the numerical noise from the numerical
optimization, as well as on two standard benchmark problems, where we show some
of the advantages of high-order solutions and the role of the key parameter in
the limiter
Optimal prediction for radiative transfer: A new perspective on moment closure
Moment methods are classical approaches that approximate the mesoscopic
radiative transfer equation by a system of macroscopic moment equations. An
expansion in the angular variables transforms the original equation into a
system of infinitely many moments. The truncation of this infinite system is
the moment closure problem. Many types of closures have been presented in the
literature. In this note, we demonstrate that optimal prediction, an approach
originally developed to approximate the mean solution of systems of nonlinear
ordinary differential equations, can be used to derive moment closures. To that
end, the formalism is generalized to systems of partial differential equations.
Using Gaussian measures, existing linear closures can be re-derived, such as
, diffusion, and diffusion correction closures. This provides a new
perspective on several approximations done in the process and gives rise to
ideas for modifications to existing closures.Comment: 15 pages; version 4: sections removed, major reformulation
StaRMAP - A second order staggered grid method for spherical harmonics moment equations of radiative transfer
We present a simple method to solve spherical harmonics moment systems, such
as the the time-dependent and equations, of radiative transfer.
The method, which works for arbitrary moment order , makes use of the
specific coupling between the moments in the equations. This coupling
naturally induces staggered grids in space and time, which in turn give rise to
a canonical, second-order accurate finite difference scheme. While the scheme
does not possess TVD or realizability limiters, its simplicity allows for a
very efficient implementation in Matlab. We present several test cases, some of
which demonstrate that the code solves problems with ten million degrees of
freedom in space, angle, and time within a few seconds. The code for the
numerical scheme, called StaRMAP (Staggered grid Radiation Moment
Approximation), along with files for all presented test cases, can be
downloaded so that all results can be reproduced by the reader.Comment: 28 pages, 7 figures; StaRMAP code available at
http://www.math.temple.edu/~seibold/research/starma
A New Spherical Harmonics Scheme for Multi-Dimensional Radiation Transport I: Static Matter Configurations
Recent work by McClarren & Hauck [29] suggests that the filtered spherical
harmonics method represents an efficient, robust, and accurate method for
radiation transport, at least in the two-dimensional (2D) case. We extend their
work to the three-dimensional (3D) case and find that all of the advantages of
the filtering approach identified in 2D are present also in the 3D case. We
reformulate the filter operation in a way that is independent of the timestep
and of the spatial discretization. We also explore different second- and
fourth-order filters and find that the second-order ones yield significantly
better results. Overall, our findings suggest that the filtered spherical
harmonics approach represents a very promising method for 3D radiation
transport calculations.Comment: 29 pages, 13 figures. Version matching the one in Journal of
Computational Physic
Spatial second-order positive and asymptotic preserving filtered schemes for nonlinear radiative transfer equations
A spatial second-order scheme for the nonlinear radiative transfer equations
is introduced in this paper. The discretization scheme is based on the filtered
spherical harmonics () method for the angular variable and the unified
gas kinetic scheme (UGKS) framework for the spatial and temporal variables
respectively. In order to keep the scheme positive and second-order accuracy,
firstly, we use the implicit Monte Carlo linearization method [6] in the
construction of the UGKS numerical boundary fluxes. Then, by carefully
analyzing the constructed second-order fluxes involved in the macro-micro
decomposition, which is induced by the angular discretization, we
establish the sufficient conditions that guarantee the positivity of the
radiative energy density and material temperature. Finally, we employ linear
scaling limiters for the angular variable in the reconstruction and for
the spatial variable in the piecewise linear slopes reconstruction
respectively, which are shown to be realizable and reasonable to enforce the
sufficient conditions holding. Thus, the desired scheme, called the
-based UGKS, is obtained. Furthermore, in the regime
and the regime , a simplified spatial second-order scheme,
called the -based SUGKS, is presented, which possesses all the
properties of the non-simplified one. Inheriting the merit of UGKS, the
proposed schemes are asymptotic preserving. By employing the method for
the angular variable, the proposed schemes are almost free of ray effects. To
our best knowledge, this is the first time that spatial second-order, positive,
asymptotic preserving and almost free of ray effects schemes are constructed
for the nonlinear radiative transfer equations without operator splitting.
Various numerical experiments are included to validate the properties of the
proposed schemes
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