p-version least squares finite element formulation for two-dimensional,incompressible fluid flow

A p-version least squares finite element formulation for non-linear problems is applied to the problem of steady, two-dimensional, incompressible fluid flow. The Navier-Stokes equations are cast as a set of first-order equations involving viscous stresses as auxiliary variables. Both the primary and auxiliary variables are interpolated using equal-order C⁰ continuity, p-version hierarchical approximation functions. The least squares functional (or error functional) is constructed using the system of coupled first-order non-linear partial differential equations without linearization, approximations or assumptions. The minimization of this least squares error functional results in finding a solution vector {δ} for which the partial derivative of the error functional (integrated sum of squares of the errors resulting from individual equations for the entire discretization) with respect to the nodal degrees of freedom {δ} becomes zero. This is accomplished by using Newton's method with a line search. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the convergence characteristics and accuracy of the method.     

A hybrid immersed boundary and material point method for simulating 3D fluid–structure interaction problems

A numerical method is developed for solving the 3D, unsteady, incompressible Navier–Stokes equations in curvilinear coordinates containing immersed boundaries (IBs) of arbitrary geometrical complexity moving and deforming under forces acting on the body. Since simulations of flow in complex geometries with deformable surfaces require special treatment, the present approach combines a hybrid immersed boundary method (HIBM) for handling complex moving boundaries and a material point method (MPM) for resolving structural stresses and movement. This combined HIBM & MPM approach is presented as an effective approach for solving fluid–structure interaction (FSI) problems. In the HIBM, a curvilinear grid is defined and the variable values at grid points adjacent to a boundary are forced or interpolated to satisfy the boundary conditions. The MPM is used for solving the equations of solid structure and communicates with the fluid through appropriate interface‐boundary conditions. The governing flow equations are discretized on a non‐staggered grid layout using second‐order accurate finite‐difference formulas. The discrete equations are integrated in time via a second‐order accurate dual time stepping, artificial compressibility scheme. Unstructured, triangular meshes are employed to discretize the complex surface of the IBs. The nodes of the surface mesh constitute a set of Lagrangian control points used for tracking the motion of the flexible body. The equations of the solid body are integrated in time via the MPM. At every instant in time, the influence of the body on the flow is accounted for by applying boundary conditions at stationary curvilinear grid nodes located in the exterior but in the immediate vicinity of the body by reconstructing the solution along the local normal to the body surface. The influence of the fluid on the body is defined through pressure and shear stresses acting on the surface of the body. The HIBM & MPM approach is validated for FSI problems by solving for a falling rigid and flexible sphere in a fluid‐filled channel. The behavior of a capsule in a shear flow was also examined. Agreement with the published results is excellent. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A velocity transformation method for the nonlinear dynamic simulation of railroad vehicle systems

The solution of the constrained multibody system equations of motion using the generalized coordinate partitioning method requires the identification of the dependent and independent coordinates. Using this approach, only the independent accelerations are integrated forward in time in order to determine the independent coordinates and velocities. Dependent coordinates are determined by solving the nonlinear constraint equations at the position level. If the constraint equations are highly nonlinear, numerical difficulties can be encountered or more Newton–Raphson iterations may be required in order to achieve convergence for the dependent variables. In this paper, a velocity transformation method is proposed for railroad vehicle systems in order to deal with the nonlinearity of the constraint equations when the vehicles negotiate curved tracks. In this formulation, two different sets of coordinates are simultaneously used. The first set is the absolute Cartesian coordinates which are widely used in general multibody system computer formulations. These coordinates lead to a simple form of the equations of motion which has a sparse matrix structure. The second set is the trajectory coordinates which are widely used in specialized railroad vehicle system formulations. The trajectory coordinates can be used to obtain simple formulations of the specified motion trajectory constraint equations in the case of railroad vehicle systems. While the equations of motion are formulated in terms of the absolute Cartesian coordinates, the trajectory accelerations are the ones which are integrated forward in time. The problems associated with the higher degree of differentiability required when the trajectory coordinates are used are discussed. Numerical examples are presented in order to examine the performance of the hybrid coordinate formulation proposed in this paper in the analysis of multibody railroad vehicle systems.     

Two-equation (k, ϵ) turbulence computations by the use of a finite element model

A finite element technique is presented and applied to some one- and two-dimensional turbulent flow problems. The basic equations are the Reynolds averaged momentum equations in conjunction with a two-equation (k, ?) turbulence model. The equations are written in time-dependent form and stationary problems are solved by a time iteration procedure. The advection parts of the equations are treated by the use of a method of characteristics, while the continuity requirement is satisfied by a penalty function approach. The general numerical formulation is based on Galerkin's method. Computational results are presented for one-dimensional steady-state and oscillatory channel flow problems and for steady-state flow over a two-dimensional backward-facing step.     

A modified finite element method for solving the time-dependent,incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Part 1: Theory

Beginning with the Galerkin finite element method and the simplest appropriate isoparametric element for modelling the Navier-Stokes equations, the spatial approximation is modified in two ways in the interest of cost-effectiveness: the mass matrix is ‘lumped’ and all coefficient matrices are generated via 1-point quadrature. After appending an hour-glass correction term to the diffusion matrices, the modified semi-discretized equations are integrated in time using the forward (explicit) Euler method in a special way to compensate for that portion of the time truncation error which is intolerable for advection-dominated flows. The scheme is completed by the introduction of a subcycling strategy that permits less frequent updates of the pressure field with little loss of accuracy. These techniques are described and analysed in some detail, and in Part 2 (Applications), the resulting code is demonstrated on three sample problems: steady flow in a lid-driven cavity at Re ≤ 10,000, flow past a circular cylinder at Re ≤ 400, and the simulation of a heavy gas release over complex topography.     

A meshless finite point method for three‐dimensional analysis of compressible flow problems involving moving boundaries and adaptivity

A finite point method for solving compressible flow problems involving moving boundaries and adaptivity is presented. The numerical methodology is based on an upwind‐biased discretization of the Euler equations, written in arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian form and integrated in time by means of a dual‐time steeping technique. In order to exploit the meshless potential of the method, a domain deformation approach based on the spring network analogy is implemented, and h‐adaptivity is also employed in the computations. Typical movable boundary problems in transonic flow regime are solved to assess the performance of the proposed technique. In addition, an application to a fluid–structure interaction problem involving static aeroelasticity illustrates the capability of the method to deal with practical engineering analyses. The computational cost and multi‐core performance of the proposed technique is also discussed through the examples provided. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Similarity solutions to some non-linear impact problems

Impact and wave propagation problems are considered for nonlinearly viscous and nonlinearly elastic materials. The governing partial differential equations are reduced to ordinary differential equations by means of similarity transformations. The resulting non-linear two point boundary value problems are then, in general, integrated numerically, although some closed form solutions are presented.     

Algorithms for integrated photoelasticity —Axisymmetric cases

The method of integrated photoelasticity can be very elegantly used to determine the stress distribution in the case of torsionless axisymmetry. The mathematical formulation of such problems often yields Abel's integral equation. One of the ways to solve these equations is by approximating either the known (experimentally determined) or the unknown function by polynomials. The integral equation is thus converted to a system of linear, simultaneous algebraic equations with the coefficients of the approximating polynomial as unknowns. The degree of the approximating polynomial cannot be fixeda priori. The present paper postulates a scheme in which the degree of the approximating polynomial is increased in steps of one, starting from one. Solutions are computed for each degree of the polynomial. It is then possible to pick the solution from the available family of solutions. The computational aspect of the exercise can be very easily taken care of by the algorithms proposed and validated in this paper. The over-determined system of simultaneous equations is solved by the method of singular value decomposition (SVD). The proposed method is validated by first applying it to a test problem. Two cases, which are solved earlier, are then analyzed and the results are compared.     

Controlling buffet through local mechanical action and heat addition near a lambda-shaped shock

Unsteady transonic flow past a two-dimensional airfoil with heat and momentum addition is numerically investigated. The flow analysis is based on the solution of the unsteady Reynolds equations closed by the k-ω SST turbulence model. The equations are integrated using the finite volume method. Several positions and shapes of the heat and momentum addition zones are considered for the purpose of determining an optimal means for controlling buffet. It is established that the most considerable variations in the buffet parameters are achieved when heat addition and mechanical action are realized on the upper wing surface. The thermal energy supply always increases the buffet frequency, while the mechanical action can both increase and reduce it.     

Depth‐integrated free‐surface flow with a two‐layer non‐hydrostatic formulation

This paper presents the derivation of a depth‐integrated wave propagation and runup model from a system of governing equations for two‐layer non‐hydrostatic flows. The governing equations are transformed into an equivalent, depth‐integrated system, which separately describes the flux‐dominated and dispersion‐dominated processes. The depth‐integrated system reproduces the linear dispersion relation within a 5 error for water depth parameter up to kd = 11, while allowing direct implementation of a momentum conservation scheme to model wave breaking and a moving‐waterline technique for runup calculation. A staggered finite‐difference scheme discretizes the governing equations in the horizontal dimension and the Keller box scheme reconstructs the non‐hydrostatic terms in the vertical direction. An semi‐implicit scheme integrates the depth‐integrated flow in time with the non‐hydrostatic pressure determined from a Poisson‐type equation. The model is verified with solitary wave propagation in a channel of uniform depth and validated with previous laboratory experiments for wave transformation over a submerged bar, a plane beach, and fringing reefs. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

集成单元边界元法及其在主动冷却热防护系统分析中的应用

随着高超声速飞行器的快速发展,飞行器及发动机所面临的热防护压力越来越大. 传统的被动热防护系统已很难满足设计要求,因此主动冷却热防护系统受到了越来越多的关注. 主动冷却热防护系统因为管道密布、结构复杂,传统的分析方法需要花费大量的精力和时间来建模和计算分析. 针对管道阵列排布的主动冷却系统,提出了一种用边界元法求解空间周期性结构的集成单元法,并将其用来分析具有冷却通道的热防护系统的传热与受力变形问题. 此方法求解空间周期性结构问题,仅需要针对一个胞元建立边界元胞元方程,并由其形成由指定胞元数组成的集成单元,然后由集成单元组集成总体系统方程组. 提出的集成单元法既有常规子结构法的消元思想,又有传统有限单元、边界单元易于组集的特征,便于大型空间周期性结构的快速分析. 由于集成单元的系数矩阵只需形成一次,且最终方程只含边界节点未知量,计算效率显著提高. 论文最后用功能梯度平板和主动冷却燃烧室算例验证了本文所述算法的正确性和计算效率.      

On coupling the Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes equations with two‐equation turbulence model equations

Two methods for coupling the Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes equations with the q–ω turbulence model equations on structured grid systems have been studied; namely a loosely coupled method and a strongly coupled method. The loosely coupled method first solves the Navier–Stokes equations with the turbulent viscosity fixed. In a subsequent step, the turbulence model equations are solved with all flow quantities fixed. On the other hand, the strongly coupled method solves the Reynolds‐averaged Navier–Stokes equations and the turbulence model equations simultaneously. In this paper, numerical stabilities of both methods in conjunction with the approximated factorization‐alternative direction implicit method are analysed. The effect of the turbulent kinetic energy terms in the governing equations on the convergence characteristics is also studied. The performance of the two methods is compared for several two‐ and three‐dimensional problems. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On solutions of the problem in stresses with the use of Maxwell stress functions

The spatial problems of elasticity are mainly solved in displacements [1, 2], i.e., the Lamé equations are taken as the initial equations. This is related to the lack of general solutions for the system of basic equations of elasticity expressed in stresses. In this connection, a new variational statement of the problem in stresses was developed in [3, 4]; this statement consists in solving six generalized equations of compatibility for six independent components of the stress tensor, while the three equilibrium equations are transferred to the set of boundary conditions. This method is more convenient for the numerical solution of problems in stresses and has been tested when solving various boundary value problems. In the present paper, analyzing the completeness of the Saint-Venant identities and using the Maxwell stress functions, we obtain a new resolving system of three differential equations of strain compatibility for the three desired stress functions φ, ξ, and ψ. This system is an alternative to the three Lamé equilibrium equations for three desired displacement components u, v, w and is simpler in structure. Moreover, both of these systems of resolving equations can be solved by the new recursive-operator method [5, 6]. In contrast to well-known methods for constructing general solutions of linear differential equations and their systems, the solutions obtained by the recursive-operator method are constructed as operator-power series acting on arbitrary analytic functions of real variables (not necessarily harmonic), and the series coefficients are determined from recursive relations (matrix in the case of systems of equations). The arbitrary functions contained in the general solution can be determined directly either from the boundary conditions (the obtained system of inhomogeneous equations with a right-hand side can also be solved by the recursive-operator method [6]) or by choosing them from various classes of analytic functions (elementary, special); a complete set of particular solutions can be obtained in the same function classes, and the coefficients of linear combinations of particular solutions can be determined by the Trefftz method, the least-squares method, and the collocation method.     

Boundary-value problems for linear equations with a generalized invertible operator in a Banach space with basis

We consider linear boundary-value problems for operator equations with generalized invertible operators in Banach spaces that have bases. Using the technique of generalized inverse operators applied to generalized invertible operators in Banach spaces, we establish conditions for the solvability of linear boundary-value problems for these operator equations and obtain formulas for the representation of their solutions. We consider special cases of these boundary-value problems, namely, so-called n- and d-normally solvable boundary-value problems as well as normally solvable problems for Noetherian operator equations.     

Higher order spectral/hp finite element models of the Navier–Stokes equations

In this paper, we present higher order least-squares finite element formulations for viscous, incompressible, isothermal Navier–Stokes equations using spectral/hp basis functions. The second-order Navier–Stokes equations are recast as first-order system of equations using stresses as auxiliary variables. Both steady-state and transient problems are considered. For a better coupling of pressure and velocity, especially in transient flows, an iterative penalisation strategy is employed. The outflow-type boundary conditions are applied in a weak sense through the least-squares functional. The formulation is verified by solving various benchmark problems like the lid-driven cavity, backward-facing step and flow over cylinder problems using direct serial solver UMFPACK.     

On the implicit time integration of semi‐discrete viscous fluxes on unstructured dynamic meshes

Numerical simulations of viscous flow problems with complex moving and/or deforming boundaries commonly require the solution of the corresponding fluid equations of motion on unstructured dynamic meshes. In this paper, a systematic investigation of the importance of the choice of the mesh configuration for evaluating the viscous fluxes is performed when the semi‐discrete Navier–Stokes equations are time‐integrated using the popular second‐order implicit backward difference algorithm. The findings are illustrated with the simulation of a laminar viscous flow problem around an oscillating airfoil. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Representation of Normal Cone Inclusion Problems in Dynamics Via Non-linear Equations

Analyzing non-smooth mechanical systems requires often the solution of inclusion problems of normal cone type. These problems arise for example in the event-driven or time-stepping simulation approaches. Such inclusion problems can be written as non-linear equations, which can be solved iteratively. In this paper we discuss three different methods to derive the non-linear equations representing the inclusions arising in the event-driven simulation approach. First, we formulate inclusions describing the individual non-smooth constraints and solve them successively. Secondly, we interpret the non-linear equations as the conditions for the saddle point of the augmented Lagrangian function. As a third possibility we discuss the exact regularization of set-valued force laws. All three methods lead to the same numerical scheme, but give different insight into the problem. Especially the factor r occurring in the non-linear equations is discussed. Two iterative methods for solving the non-linear equations are presented together with some remarks on convergence.     

Effect of Hall current on MHD natural convection flow from vertical permeable flat plate with uniform surface heat flux

The effect of the Hall current on the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) natural convection flow from a vertical permeable flat plate with a uniform heat flux is analyzed in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. It is assumed that the induced magnetic field is negligible compared with the imposed magnetic field. The boundary layer equations are reduced to a suitable form by employing the free variable formulation (FVF) and the stream function formulation (SFF). The parabolic equations obtained from FVF are numerically integrated with the help of a straightforward finite difference method. Moreover, the nonsimilar system of equations obtained from SFF is solved by using a local nonsimilarity method, for the whole range of the local transpiration parameter ζ. Consideration is also given to the regions where the local transpiration parameter ζ is small or large enough. However, in these particular regions, solutions are acquired with the aid of a regular perturbation method. The effects of the magnetic field M and the Hall parameter m on the local skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number coefficient are graphically shown for smaller values of the Prandtl number Pr (= 0.005, 0.01, 0.05). Furthermore, the velocity and temperature profiles are also drawn from various values of the local transpiration parameter ζ.     

精细积分方法的发展与扩展应用

钟万勰院士于1991年首先提出计算矩阵指数的精细积分方法,其要点是2^N类算法和增量存储。精细积分方法可给出矩阵指数在计算机意义上的精确解,为常微分方程的数值计算提供了高精度、高稳定性的算法,现已成功应用于结构动力响应、随机振动、热传导以及最优控制等众多领域。本文首先介绍矩阵指数精细积分方法的提出、基本思想和发展;然后依次介绍在时不变/时变线性微分方程、非线性微分方程以及大规模问题求解中发展起来的各种精细积分方法,分析了其优缺点和适用范围;最后介绍了精细积分方法的基本思想在两点边值问题、椭圆函数和病态代数方程等问题的扩展应用,进一步展示了该思想的特色。     

Integrated photoelasticity for axisymmetric problems

A new nondestructive method for analyzing axisymmetric problems is presented. The method uses the integrated optical effects through the whole transverse section of the body, along with the strain-displacement and equilibrium equations to give the separate internal stresses on that section. The method is reasonably general and may be applied to thermoelastic and residual stress problems. Some experimental results are presented and discussed.