Boundary Conditions for Hyperbolic Systems of Equations on Curved Domains

• Our focus in this paper is on the fundamental system of partial differential equation with boundary conditions (the continuous problem) that all types of numerical methods must respect. First, a constant coefficient hyperbolic system of equations which turns into a variable coefficient system of equations by transforming to a non-cartesian domain is considered. We discuss possible formulations of time-dependent boundary conditions leading to well-posed or strongly well-posed problems. Next, we re-use the previous theoretical derivations for the problem with boundary conditions applied at the wrong position and/or with an incorrect normal (a typical result with a less than perfect mesh generator). Possible error sources are discussed and a crude error estimate is derived.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik -- Beräkningsmatematik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics -- Computational Mathematics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

hyperbolic system

initial boundary value problems

erroneous computational domains

curved domains

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