An improved fifth order alternative WENO-Z finite difference scheme for hyperbolic conservation laws

Bao Shan Wang*, Peng Li*, Zhen Gao*, Wai Sun Don*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An alternative formulation of conservative weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) finite difference scheme with the classical WENO-JS weights (Jiang et al. (2013) [6]) has been successfully used for solving hyperbolic conservation laws. However, it fails to achieve the optimal order of accuracy at the critical points of a smooth function. Here, we demonstrate that the WENO-Z weights (Borges et al. (2008) [1]) should be employed to recover the optimal order of accuracy at the critical points. Several one- and two-dimensional benchmark problems show the improved performance in terms of accuracy, resolution and shock capturing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)469-477
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Computational Physics
Volume374
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018

User-Defined Keywords

  • Alternative WENO scheme
  • Hyperbolic conservation laws
  • WENO weights

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