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Award Abstract # 2208391
Runge-Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Convection-Dominated Systems with Compact Stencils

NSF Org: DMS
Division Of Mathematical Sciences
Recipient: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Initial Amendment Date: August 3, 2022
Latest Amendment Date: August 3, 2022
Award Number: 2208391
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Yuliya Gorb
ygorb@nsf.gov
 (703)292-2113
DMS
 Division Of Mathematical Sciences
MPS
 Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Start Date: August 15, 2022
End Date: July 31, 2026 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $158,030.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $158,030.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2022 = $158,030.00
History of Investigator:
  • Zheng Sun (Principal Investigator)
    zsun30@ua.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
801 UNIVERSITY BLVD
TUSCALOOSA
AL  US  35401-2029
(205)348-5152
Sponsor Congressional District: 07
Primary Place of Performance: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
801 University Blvd.
Tuscaloosa
AL  US  35478-0001
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
07
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): RCNJEHZ83EV6
Parent UEI: TWJWHYEM8T63
NSF Program(s): COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS
Primary Program Source: 01002223DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 9150, 9263
Program Element Code(s): 127100
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.049

ABSTRACT

The main objective of this project is to systematically develop a novel class of efficient and high order accurate Runge?Kutta (RK) discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for convection-dominated problems and the related applications. The new methods feature improved compactness and local structures. They are expected to be more suitable for parallel computing and implicit time marching in computational fluid dynamics simulation. They have potential applications in diverse areas such as meteorology, oceanography, gas dynamics, aircraft design, hydraulic engineering, oil recovery simulation, and so on. The project will also provide research opportunities for graduate and/or undergraduate students interested in computational mathematics and benefit curriculum development in the PI?s department.

In more detail, the PI will investigate a novel approach to reduce the stencil size of the traditional RKDG methods, which typically grows with the number of RK stages. The resulting new methods are referred to as the compact RKDG methods. A comprehensive study of the methods will be carried out in the following directions. Firstly, high order compact RKDG methods will be designed for nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws. Techniques for oscillation control, implicit time marching, and parallel computing will be investigated. Secondly, a rigorous theoretical framework for convergence, stability, and error analysis of the compact RKDG methods will be established. Thirdly, numerical techniques to preserve the solution bounds and investigate their applications to nonlinear hyperbolic systems in multidimensions will be developed. Finally, in addition to purely convection equations, the methods will be extended to convection-diffusion problems for simulation of viscous flow.

This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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Chen, Qifan and Sun, Zheng and Xing, Yulong "The Runge--Kutta discontinuous Galerkin method with compact stencils for hyperbolic conservation laws" SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing , v.46 , 2024 https://doi.org/10.1137/23M158629X Citation Details
Gopalakrishnan, Jay and Sun, Zheng "Stability of structure-aware Taylor methods for tents" Mathematics of Computation , v.92 , 2023 https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/3811 Citation Details
Hunter, Joseph and Sun, Zheng and Xing, Yulong "Stability and time-step constraints of implicit-explicit Runge--Kutta methods for the linearized Korteweg-de Vries equation" Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation , v.6 , 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42967-023-00285-7 Citation Details
Sun, Zheng and Wei, Yuanzhe and Wu, Kailiang "On Energy Laws and Stability of Runge--Kutta Methods for Linear Seminegative Problems" SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis , v.60 , 2022 https://doi.org/10.1137/22M1472218 Citation Details
Sun, Zheng and Xing, Yulong "On generalized Gauss--Radau projections and optimal error estimates of upwind-biased DG methods for the linear advection equation on special simplex meshes" Journal of Scientific Computing , v.95 , 2023 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-023-02166-w Citation Details

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