A high order solver for the unbounded Poisson equation

作者：Hejlesen Mads Molholm; Rasmussen Johannes Tophoj; Chatelain Philippe; Walther Jens Honore^*

来源：Journal of Computational Physics, 2013, 252: 458-467.

DOI：10.1016/j.jcp.2013.05.050

• Poisson solver
• Elliptic solver
• Unbounded domain
• Infinite domain
• Isolated system
• Green%26apos
• s function solution
• Numerical integration
• Vortex methods
• Particle-mesh methods

A high order converging Poisson solver is presented, based on the Green%26apos;s function solution to Poisson%26apos;s equation subject to free-space boundary conditions. The high order convergence is achieved by formulating regularised integration kernels, analogous to a smoothing of the solution field. The method is extended to directly solve the derivatives of the solution to Poisson%26apos;s equation. In this way differential operators such as the divergence or curl of the solution field can be solved to the same high order convergence without additional computational effort. The method, is applied and validated, however not restricted, to the equations of fluid mechanics, and can be used in many applications to solve Poisson%26apos;s equation on a rectangular unbounded domain.

• 出版日期2013-11-1