High-order flux splitting schemes for the Euler equations of gas dynamics

Abstract

We develop high-order flux splitting schemes for the one- and two-dimensional Euler equations of gas dynamics. The proposed schemes are high-order extensions of the existing first-order flux splitting schemes introduced in Toro and Vázquez-Cendón (2012) where the Euler equations of gas dynamics are split into two subsystems: the advection and pressure systems. In this paper, we formulate the TV splitting within the semi-discrete framework to extend it to higher orders of accuracy for the first time. The second-order extension is obtained by using piecewise linear interpolant to reconstruct the one-sided point values of the unknowns. The third- and fifth-order schemes are developed using the finite-difference alternative weighted essentially non-oscillatory (A-WENO) framework, which is particularly effective in handling multidimensional problems and provides a more straightforward approach to constructing higher-order WENO schemes. These extensions significantly improve the resolution of discontinuities and the accuracy of numerical solutions, as demonstrated by a series of numerical experiments of both the one- and two-dimensional Euler equations of gas dynamics.

HIGHLIGHTS • Extended first-order TV splitting to higher orders of accuracy. • Compared the efficiency against CU, HLL, and HLLC schemes. • Demonstrated improved resolution in 1D and 2D Euler equations of gas dynamics.