Introduction to CFD Questions & Answers
 Question by Student 201227125 Professor, at assignment 2-Question #3, x and y has dimension that is length(unit mm). In this case, dose $\xi$ and $\eta$ also have dimension or not?
 03.29.18
No, $\xi$ and $\eta$ don't have dimensions. But their derivatives do of course. So $\xi_x$, $\eta_x$, etc will have dimensions (1/m or 1/mm). 1 point bonus.
 Question by Student 201227148 Sir, I can not get my CFD password. I entered my email address. But I can not log in.
 04.04.18
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 Question by Student 201427116 Professor, We learned how to find wave speed from Flux Jacobian on last class. After finding all elements of Jacobian , you showed the way to extract wave speeds from Jacobian. In this process, you found 3 eigenvalues of Jacobian which are expressed by $${\phi_1}, {\phi_2}, and {\phi_3}, respectively.$$ And said, these eigenvalues represent each wave speeds. $${}$$ But I cannot understand the relation between eigenvalues of Jacobian and wave speed. How do I confirm that these eigenvalues should be wave speed? What relationship is involved in this process?
 04.08.18
Consider a system of equations as follows: $$\frac{\partial U}{\partial t}+ A \frac{\partial U}{\partial x}=0$$ Recall that the eigenvalues are such that $A=L^{-1}\Lambda L$: $$\frac{\partial U}{\partial t} + L^{-1} \Lambda L \frac{\partial U}{\partial x}=0$$ Multiply by $L$: $$L\frac{\partial U}{\partial t} + \Lambda L \frac{\partial U}{\partial x}=0$$ Say that a vector $W$ exists such that $L=\partial W/\partial U$. Further, because $L=L(U)$, it follows that $W=W(U)$. Thus, we can say $$\frac{\partial W}{\partial t}=L\frac{\partial U}{\partial t} ~~{\rm and}~~ \frac{\partial W}{\partial x}=L\frac{\partial U}{\partial x}$$ Substitute the RHS of the latter 2 equations in the former: $$\frac{\partial W}{\partial t} + \Lambda \frac{\partial W}{\partial x}=0$$ Because $\Lambda=[\phi_1,~\phi_2,~\phi_3]^{\rm D}$ is diagonal, the latter is simply a list of advection equations each with a wave speed $\phi_1$, $\phi_2$, $\phi_3$. Good question: 2 points bonus.
 Question by Student 201327132 Dear professor. We derived Euler equations in genrealized coordinate. First we start $$\frac{\partial U}{\partial \tau}+ \xi_x \frac{\partial F_x }{\partial \xi} + \eta_x \frac{\partial F_x }{\partial \eta} + \xi_y \frac{\partial F_y }{\partial \xi} + \eta_y \frac{\partial F_y }{\partial \eta} =0$$ Second we multiply by $\Omega$. But I think, we don't need to multiply $\Omega$. Because here, $$\frac{\partial U}{\partial \tau}+ \frac{\partial F_x \xi_x }{\partial \xi} - F_x \frac{\partial \xi_x }{\partial \xi} + \frac{\partial F_x \eta_x }{\partial \eta} -F_x \frac{\partial \eta_x }{\partial \eta} +\frac{\partial F_y \xi_y }{\partial \xi} -F_y \frac{\partial \xi_y }{\partial \xi} + \frac{\partial F_y \eta_y }{\partial \eta} - F_y \frac{\partial \eta_y }{\partial \eta} =0$$ And, $$-F_x( \frac{\partial \xi_x}{\partial \xi} -\frac{\partial \eta_x}{\partial \eta})= -F_x( \frac{\partial}{\partial x} \frac{\partial \xi}{\partial \xi} - \frac{\partial}{\partial x} \frac{\partial \eta}{\partial \eta})=0$$ I think, this is more simple equation. $$\frac{\partial U}{\partial \tau}+ \frac{\partial F_x \xi_x }{\partial \xi}+ \frac{\partial F_x \eta_x }{\partial \eta} +\frac{\partial F_y \xi_y }{\partial \xi}+ \frac{\partial F_y \eta_y }{\partial \eta} =0$$ I want to know why we use $\Omega$. Thank you.
 04.22.18
The problem with your logic is that $\partial \xi_x / \partial \xi$ is not zero because $\xi_x$ can vary along the the $\xi$ coordinate. Similarly, $\partial \eta_x / \partial \eta$ is also not zero because $\eta_x$ can vary along $\eta$. Good question, 2 points bonus.
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