High-order finite-volume adaptive methods on locally rectangular grids

Abstract

We are developing a new class of finite-volume methods on locally-refined and mapped grids, which are at least fourth-order accurate in regions where the solution is smooth. This paper discusses the implementation of such methods for time-dependent problems on both Cartesian and mapped grids with adaptive mesh refinement. We show 2D results with the Berger-Colella shock-ramp problem in Cartesian coordinates, and fourth-order accuracy of the solution of a Gaussian pulse problem in a polytropic gas in mapped coordinates. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.