Abstract: We present a cell-centered finite volume method for 2D invicsous Lagrangian hydrodynamics.Velocity and pressure on vertex of a cell are computed with characteristics theory,which is derived from governing equations of Lagrangian form linearized by freezing Jacobian matrices about a known reference state.The velocity is used to update coordinate of vertex of a cell.Product of two variables is used to compute numerical flux through cell interface by a trapezoidal integration rule.Convergency,symmetry and conservation of total energy of the method are demonstrated.The method can be applied to structured or unstructured grids,and does well spontaneously for multi-material flows in a robust way.The scheme is one order precision,and can be easily draw on two order precision.

Key words: 2D Lagrangian hydrodynamics, characteristics theory, cell-centered scheme