NESC0723 SOLA-ICE

1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  SOLA-ICE

3. DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM OR FUNCTION

SOLA-ICE   is   a   numerical
solution algorithm  for transient, arbitrarily  compressible fluid
flows.

4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

SOLA-ICE uses a  finite-difference technique,
which includes the Implicit Continuous-fluid Eulerian (ICE) method
as an  optional feature, to  solve the Navier-Stokes  equations in
two-dimensional plane or cylindrical  coordinates.  A wide variety
of boundary conditions are possible, including free-slip, no-slip,
specified  inflow-outflow,  continuative   outflow,  and  periodic
boundaries.  Implicit pressure gradients are used to eliminate the
Courant  condition as  a stability  requirement,  making the  code
useful at all Mach numbers.

5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

A simple  equation
of  state and  constant diffusion  coefficients  are assumed,  and
there is no  provision for internal obstacles.   However, the code
is designed  to make it easy  to remedy any such  deficiencies for
particular problems.

6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

The 'grind'  time, or  time to  advance the
solution in one  cell by one time-step,  is typically 0.7 ms  on a
CDC7600.

7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

SOLA-ICE is designed  to be easy
to  understand and  modify so  it can  serve as  a foundation  for
developing  other  codes.   Examples  of  possible  additions  are
species transport  equations,  internal  obstacles,  and  a  self-
consistent gravitational field.

8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:  SOLA and SOLA-SURF (NESC Abstract
651).

10. REFERENCES

- C.W. Hirt, B.D. Nichols, and N.C. Romero:
  SOLA - A Numerical Solution Algorithm for Transient Fluid Flows
  LA-5852 (April 1975).
- F.H. Harlow and A.A. Amsden:
  A Numerical Fluid Dynamics Method for All Flow Speeds
  Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 8, p. 197, 1971.

    - L. D. Cloutman, C. W. Hirt, and N. C. Romero;
      SOLA-ICE: A Numerical Solution Algorithm for Compressible
      Fluid Flows. LA-6236, UC-34 (July 1976).
- L.D. Cloutman, C.W. Hirt, and N.C. Romero:
  SOLA-ICE: A Numerical Solution Algorithm for Compressible Fluid
  Flows
  LA-6236, UC-34 (July 1976).

11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:

13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED:    CROS,  SCOPE,
KRONOS, and NOS.

14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

SOLA-ICE calls a number of  LASL plotting subroutines.  These will
have to be replaced or deleted by the user.

15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

                 L. D. Cloutman, C. W. Hirt, and N. C. Romero
                 Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
                 P. O. Box 1663
                 Los Alamos, New Mexico  87545

File name	File description	Records
NESC0723_01.001	SOURCE (F4,EBCDIC)	463
NESC0723_01.002	SAMPLE PROBLEM INPUT	10
NESC0723_01.003	SAMPLE PROBLEM OUTPUT	9054
NESC0723_01.004	JCL AND INFORMATION	29

File name	File description	Records
NESC0723_02.001	Information file	32
NESC0723_02.002	SOLA-ICE source program (FORTRAN)	463
NESC0723_02.003	SOLA-ICE test case input data	10
NESC0723_02.004	SOLA-ICE test case printed output	9051