Stability Analysis

Equation (4.77) gives the stability requirement for the solution of the
difference equation, Eq. (4.36), to be stable

Clearly, for a given ∆x, the allowed value of ∆t must be small enough to
satisfy Eq. (4.77).
The above analysis is an example of a general method called the van Neumann
stability method, which is used frequently to study the stability properties of
linear difference equations.
 Time marching

let us consider an unsteady, two-dimensional inviscid flow

LAX-WENDROFF TECHNIQUE
 Let ῤi.; denote the density at grid point (i, J) at
time t. Then the density at the same grid point
(i, j) at time t + ∆t, denoted
is given by the Taylor series
MACCORMACK'S TECHNIQUE
 Space Marching

assume the flow is inviscid; hence the governing flow equat10ns are the Euler
equations