Discretization error with Richardson extrapolation.

cfdstudent004 · May 29, 2012, 14:01

Hi,

I am a student and for my seminar work I have to do some simulations in CFX. Besides other requests I have to compute discretization error of the mesh with Richardson extrapolation. I have found and studied some theory about Richardson extrapolation however I still don't know how to approach and how to perform this in CFX?

Any hint or some example would be greatly appreciated.

ghorrocks · May 29, 2012, 19:04

The textbook "Computational Fluid Dynamics" by Roache is a key work in this area. Also articles like this http://journaltool.asme.org/Template...umAccuracy.pdf contain useful advice.

Ideally you take a mesh, then sub divide it (halving the element edge length) and halve it again to get three different meshes. If possible you go further. But often this results in meshes too fine to simulate so it is frequently approximated by remeshing with mesh refinement less than a global 2. Also another approximation which is often done is to refine only the area of interest and leave the rest of the simulation domain with the existing mesh. This makes the mesh refinement study much more tractable, but then introduces approximations and requires some skill and knowledge to make sure it is done appropriately.

May 29, 2012, 14:01	Discretization error with Richardson extrapolation.	#1
cfdstudent004 New Member cfdstudent Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Hi, I am a student and for my seminar work I have to do some simulations in CFX. Besides other requests I have to compute discretization error of the mesh with Richardson extrapolation. I have found and studied some theory about Richardson extrapolation however I still don't know how to approach and how to perform this in CFX? Any hint or some example would be greatly appreciated.

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May 29, 2012, 19:04		#2
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,703 Rep Power: 143	The textbook "Computational Fluid Dynamics" by Roache is a key work in this area. Also articles like this http://journaltool.asme.org/Template...umAccuracy.pdf contain useful advice. Ideally you take a mesh, then sub divide it (halving the element edge length) and halve it again to get three different meshes. If possible you go further. But often this results in meshes too fine to simulate so it is frequently approximated by remeshing with mesh refinement less than a global 2. Also another approximation which is often done is to refine only the area of interest and leave the rest of the simulation domain with the existing mesh. This makes the mesh refinement study much more tractable, but then introduces approximations and requires some skill and knowledge to make sure it is done appropriately.