• DECEMBER 2019

Sod Shock Tube

Evolution of Pressure with Time Pressure Contours along the tube

𝑡 = 0𝑠 𝑡 = 2.2819𝑒 − 04 𝑠

𝑡 = 4.5558𝑒 − 04 𝑠 𝑡 = 6.8297𝑒 − 04 𝑠
Evolution of Density with Time Density Contours along the tube

𝑡 = 0𝑠 𝑡 = 2.2819𝑒 − 04 𝑠

𝑡 = 4.5558𝑒 − 04 𝑠 𝑡 = 6.8297𝑒 − 04 𝑠
Comparison with the analytical solution

• Sod shock tube problem is very At t = 0.00068429 s

120000

commonly used to test the accuracy of

computational fluid codes. 100000

• Using the method shown in the 80000

handouts you can solve for the Numerical

analytical solution to this problem. Analytical

Pressure
60000

• The plot on the left shows the

centerline variation of the pressure 40000

computed from the simulation 20000

example along with the analytical
results. 0
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