We develop here compact high-order accurate nonlinear schemes for disc
ontinuities capturing. Such schemes achieve high-order spatial accurac
y by the cell-centered compact schemes. Compact adaptive interpolation
s of variables at cell edges are designed which automatically ''jump''
to local ones as discontinuities being encountered. This is the key t
o make the overall compact schemes capture discontinuities in a nonosc
illatory manner. The analysis shows that the basic principle to design
a compact interpolation of variables at the cell edges is to prevent
it from crossing the discontinuous data, such that the accuracy analys
is based on Taylor series expanding is valid over all grid points. A h
igh-order Runge-Kutta method is employed for the time integration. The
conservative property, as well as the boundary schemes, is discussed.
We also extend the schemes to a system of conservation laws. The exte
nsions to multidimensional problems are straightforward. Some typical
one-dimensional numerical examples, including the shock tube problem,
strong shock waves with complex wave interactions, and ''shock/turbule
nce'' interaction, are presented. (C) 1997 Academic Press