PISO algorithm

PISO algorithm (Pressure-Implicit with Splitting of Operators) was proposed by Issa in 1986 without iterations and with large time steps and a lesser computing effort.

It is an extension of the SIMPLE algorithm used in computational fluid dynamics to solve the Navier-Stokes equations.

PISO is a pressure-velocity calculation procedure for the Navier-Stokes equations developed originally for non-iterative computation of unsteady compressible flow, but it has been adapted successfully to steady-state problems.

PISO involves one predictor step and two corrector steps and is designed to satisfy mass conservation using predictor-corrector steps.

The algorithm can be summed up as follows: Steps 4 and 5 can be repeated for a prescribed number of times to correct for non-orthogonality.

Predictor step Guess the pressure field

p

∗

{\displaystyle p^{*}}

and get velocity field components

u

∗

using discretized momentum equation.

The initial guess for the pressure may or may not be correct.

Corrector step 1Velocity component obtained from predictor step may not satisfy the continuity equation, so we define correction factors p',v',u' for the pressure field and velocity field.

Solve the momentum equation by inserting correct pressure field

p

and get the corresponding correct velocity components

:correct pressure field and velocity component

:correction in pressure field and correction in velocity components

:guessed pressure field and velocity component We define

By putting the correct pressure field

into the discretized momentum equation we get the correct velocity components

Once the pressure correction

is known we can find the correction components for the velocity:

Corrector step 2 In piso another corrector step can be used.

are the correct pressure field and the correct velocity components, respectively and

are second corrections to the pressure and velocity field.

Set

are correct pressure and velocity field