Implicit BDF2 dual time-stepping positivity-preserving entropy-stable schemes for unsteady compressible viscous flows

Mohammed Sayyari, Nail K Yamaleev
August 2026
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Abstract

This paper presents a rigorous extension of the explicit, high-order, positivity-preserving, and entropy-stable spectral collocation schemes developed in Upperman 2023 and Yamaleev 2023 for the 3D compressible Navier-Stokes equations to a time-implicit formulation. The time derivative terms are discretized by using the second-order implicit backward difference formula (BDF2) that is well suited for solving time-variable viscous flows at high Reynolds numbers. The nonlinear system of discrete equations resulting from the BDF2 discretization at each physical timestep is solved using a dual time-stepping (DTS) technique. The BDF2 DTS scheme is entropy-stable and positivity-preserving in the pseudotime and provides unconditional stability properties in the physical time. Numerical results demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the positivity-preserving BDF2 DTS scheme as compared with its explicit counterpart are presented for supersonic flows with strong shock waves and contact discontinuities. .

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implicit dual time-stepping entropy-stability summation-by-part positivity-preserving Brenner-Navier-Stokes regularization artificial dissipation
Mohammed Sayyari
Mohammed Sayyari
Postdoc & Adjunct

Mohammed is a systems thinker. His Mathematical interests are in Numerical Analysis, HPC, entropy-stable high-order methods, and boundary conditions. His Scientific interests are in the development of robust and efficient numerical methods for fluid flow models relevant to our changing climate.

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