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Numerical techniques for flow problems with singularities. (English) Zbl 1032.76637
Summary: This paper deals with grid approximations to Prandtl’s boundary value problem for boundary layer equations on a flat plate in a region including the boundary layer, but outside a neighbourhood of its leading edge. The perturbation parameter $$\varepsilon = Re^{-1}$$ takes any values from the half-interval (0,1] ; here Re is the Reynolds number. To demonstrate our numerical techniques we consider the case of the self-similar solution. By using piecewise uniform meshes, which are refined in a neighbourhood of the parabolic boundary layer, we construct a finite difference scheme that converges $$\varepsilon$$-uniformly. We present the technique of experimental substantiation of $$\varepsilon$$-uniform convergence forboth the numerical solution and its normalized (scaled) difference derivatives, outside a neighbourhood of the leading edge of the plate. By numerical experiments we demonstrate the efficiency of numerical techniques based on the fitted mesh method. We discuss also the applicability of fitted operator methods for the numerical approximation of the Prandtl problem. It is shown that the use of meshes refined in the parabolic boundary layer region is necessary for achieving $$\varepsilon$$-uniform convergence.

MSC:
 76M20 Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics 76D10 Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects 65N15 Error bounds for boundary value problems involving PDEs 65N12 Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
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