EGM 6342, CFD

HOMEWORK 1

1. Consider the 1-D quasi-linear form of the Euler equations, namely:

U U
A 0 (1)
t x
where U is the vector of conservative variables in 1-D:

U u
E
Starting from the conservative form of the 1-D Euler equations (as shown in class notes),
derive the elements of the matrix A .

2. Consider the 1-D inviscid equations with the dependent variable vector V (in primitive
variables) defined as:

V u
p
and the governing equation:
V V
B 0 (2)
t x
Starting from the conservative form of the 1-D Euler equations (as shown in class notes),
derive the elements of the matrix B .

3. Using the information from Problem 2 above, we can use a similarity transform to transform
Eq. (2) into the following:
W W
0 (3)
t x
where is a diagonal matrix and W is the vector of characteristic variables.

(a) Show how to get Eq. (3) from Eq. (2).

(b) Write down the expressions for W and .

4. READING ASSIGNMENT:
(a) Lecture notes for Week 1.
(b) Chapters 1 and 2 from Versteeg & Malalasekeras book.