A physics-informed SUPG-stabilized finite element framework with shock-capturing for simulating inviscid high-speed flows around a cylinder

Abstract

This study presents a hybrid computational framework for simulating non-reacting inviscid high-speed flows of nitrogen gas (N$_2$) around a circular cylinder. Owing to the strongly convection-dominated nature of the compressible Euler equations, the compressible-flow streamline-upwind/Petrov--Galerkin (SUPG) formulation is combined with the YZ$β$ shock-capturing technique to stabilize the finite element discretization in the presence of strong discontinuities. Building upon the stabilized solution, a physics-informed neural network (PINN) is employed as a post-processing correction stage (\underline{P}INN-\underline{A}ugmented \underline{S}UPG with \underline{S}hock-\underline{C}apturing---PASSC). The network is anchored to the finite element solution through a shock-weighted data-consistency loss, while the governing equations are enforced in a conservative space--time control-volume form supplemented by macroscopic conservation windows, an entropy-admissibility penalty, and the boundary conditions of the underlying problem. Two-dimensional simulations are performed for free-stream Mach numbers ranging from $2.0$ to $12.0$, and the results are assessed against analytical normal-shock and stagnation relations, the semi-empirical Billig correlation, and reference solutions from the literature. The correction is designed to improve the numerical representation of shocks by reducing localized discretization-induced oscillations and mesh-scale serrations while preserving the agreement of the stabilized solution with the analytical and semi-empirical reference quantities.