S Ruiz-Bonilla
Dealing with density discontinuities in planetary SPH simulations
Ruiz-Bonilla, S; Borrow, J; Eke, VR; Kegerreis, JA; Massey, RJ; Sandnes, TD; Teodoro, LFA
Authors
J Borrow
Dr Vincent Eke v.r.eke@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Jacob Kegerreis jacob.kegerreis@durham.ac.uk
Academic Visitor
Professor Richard Massey r.j.massey@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Thomas Sandnes thomas.d.sandnes@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
LFA Teodoro
Abstract
Density discontinuities cannot be precisely modelled in standard formulations of smoothed particles hydrodynamics (SPH) because the density field is defined smoothly as a kernel-weighted sum of neighbouring particle masses. This is a problem when performing simulations of giant impacts between proto-planets, for example, because planets typically do have density discontinuities both at their surfaces and at any internal boundaries between different materials. The inappropriate densities in these regions create artificial forces that effectively suppress mixing between particles of different material and, as a consequence, this problem introduces a key unknown systematic error into studies that rely on SPH simulations. In this work, we present a novel, computationally cheap method that deals simultaneously with both of these types of density discontinuity in SPH simulations. We perform standard hydrodynamical tests and several example giant impact simulations, and compare the results with standard SPH. In a simulated Moon-forming impact using 107 particles, the improved treatment at boundaries affects at least 30 per cent of the particles at some point during the simulation.
Citation
Ruiz-Bonilla, S., Borrow, J., Eke, V., Kegerreis, J., Massey, R., Sandnes, T., & Teodoro, L. (2022). Dealing with density discontinuities in planetary SPH simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(3), 4660-4668. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac857
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 24, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 31, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022-05 |
Deposit Date | Jun 20, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 20, 2022 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 512 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 4660-4668 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac857 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1201554 |
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