Capturing Composite Waves in Non-convex Special Relativistic Hydrodynamics

We deal with the numerical approximation of the complex structure in special relativistic hydrodynamics (SRHD) when the system is closed with a non-convex equation of state (EOS). We consider a recently introduced phenomenological EOS (Ibáñez et al. in MNRAS 476:1100, 2018) that mimics the loss of c...

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Autores: Marquina, Antonio|||0000-0001-8767-4208, Serna, Susana|||0000-0002-0908-4680, Ibáñez, José M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:306642
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/306642
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10915-019-01074-2
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Special relativistic hydrodynamics
Non-convex equation of state
Complex wave structure
Composite waves
Shock-capturing schemes
Fixed-point iteration
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Sumario:We deal with the numerical approximation of the complex structure in special relativistic hydrodynamics (SRHD) when the system is closed with a non-convex equation of state (EOS). We consider a recently introduced phenomenological EOS (Ibáñez et al. in MNRAS 476:1100, 2018) that mimics the loss of classical behavior when the fluid enters into a non-convex-thermodynamically-region in the relativistic regime. We introduce a flux formulation to approximate the solution of Riemann problems in SRHD such that the non-classical dynamics is detected and well resolved. We also design a strategy to recover primitive variables based on iterative procedures and present a detailed analysis providing a sufficient condition to ensure convergence. We propose a set of Riemann problems in one and two dimensions including blast waves, colliding slabs and expanding slabs, illustrating the strong complex dynamics arising in non-convex SRHD.