Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

In previous chapter, we focus on

x-momentum equation

y-momentum equation

continuity equation

no transport equation for the pressure

SIMPLE algorithm
Patankar and Spalding(1972)

Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

no transport equation for the pressure
pressure source terms of the momentum equations need special treatment
a highly irregular checker-board pressure field

zero momentum source

non-physical

Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

staggered grid

(Harlow and Welch, 1965)

u-control volume

p-control volume
(scalar cell)

v-control volume

non-zero momentum source

Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

A further advantage of the staggered grid
no interpolation is needed to calculate velocities at the scalar cell faces

Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

Expressed in the new co-ordinate system the discretised u-momentum
equation for the velocity at location (i, J ) is given by

The values of coefficients ai, J and anb may be calculated with any of the
differencing methods (upwind, hybrid, QUICK, TVD)
SIMPLE:

Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure-Linked Equations

Patankar and Spalding(1972)
A guess-and-correct procedure for the
calculation of pressure on the staggered grid

Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

1) a pressure field p* is guessed

2) u* and v*

3) correction p, u , v

Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

continuity equation:
Scalar cell or scalar control volume

Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

an equation for pressure correction p:

4) under-relaxation

Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

The SIMPLE algorithm:
1) a pressure field p* is guessed

2) u* and v*

3) p
4) Correct pressure and velocities

5) Convergence? No, (p* , u* , v*) = (pnew, unew, vnew)

Solution algorithms for pressurevelocity coupling in steady flows

The SIMPLER (SIMPLE Revised) algorithm of Patankar (1980)
The SIMPLEC (SIMPLE-Consistent) algorithm of Van Doormal and Raithby(1984)

The PISO algorithm, which stands for Pressure Implicit with Splitting of
Operators, of Issa (1986)