比例边界坐标插值方法在谱元法中的应用——无穷域Euler方程的数值模拟

将比例边界坐标插值方法引入谱元法, 构成比例边界谱单元, 对无穷域Euler方程进行数值模拟.阐述了比例边界谱单元的基本使用方法以及基于比例边界谱元的Runge-Kutta间断Galerkin方法求解Euler方程的过程;计算了无穷域圆柱和NACA0012翼型绕流问题, 并与已有结果进行了比较, 显示了计算结果的正确性.用基于比例边界谱元的间断Galerkin方法求解无穷域Euler方程时, 最多只需将求解域划分为2个子域, 避免了一般谱方法将求解域划分为9个或者27个子域的麻烦. 比例边界谱单元为无穷域Euler方程的直接求解提供了一个可供参考的方法.     

多尺度有限差分方法求解波动方程

小波分析是多尺度分析方法，本文利用具有紧支集的正交小波变换对有限差分方程进行空间多尺度近似，提出适合于层状介质波传问题数值计算的多尺度有限差分方法，将波动方程的求解转换到小波域中进行。利用小波基的自适应性与消失矩特性，有效减少了计算量、提高了稳定性，扩大了可求解的速度范围。地球物理勘探中的数值实例显示了算法具有良好效率。     

一种基于Associated Hermite正交函数求解对流扩散方程的算法

提出了一种基于AH(Associated Hermite)正交基函数求解对流扩散方程的无条件稳定算法。该算法将方程的时间项通过Hermite多项式作为正交基函数进行展开,利用Galerkin方法消除时间变量项,从而导出有限维AH域隐式差分方程,突破了传统显式差分格式稳定性条件的限制,最后通过对AH域展开系数的求解得到该对流扩散方程的数值解。在数值算例中,将该算法与传统显示差分法和交替方向隐式差分法进行对比分析,数值计算结果表明,算法无条件稳定且其计算精度与时间步长无关,对于具有精细结构的对流换热问题,该算法具有明显的效率优势,且保持了较高的精度。     

有限元线法在解FPK方程中的应用

本文首次将有限元线法（ＦＥＭＯＬ）引入到非一性随机振动领域，给出了相应的单元特性的计算格式，探索了求ＦＰＫ方程的方法，并以船舶侧摆运动和Ｄｕｆｆｉｎｇ为例进行了必要的讨论。计算结果表明，用有限元线法求解非线性随机振动问题，较有限 法有所需内存小、计算精度好的效率高的优点。     

方柱绕流的数值模拟

采用有限差分法,对雷诺数为2.2×10~4的方柱绕流进行了大涡模拟(简称LES)。运用时间分裂控制(Split-Operator)法,将N-S方程分为对流步、扩散步和传播步。对Smagorinsky假设在近壁区的发散问题用两层模型进行处理。对流项用迎风—中心差分格式模拟,压力方程用SOR法迭代求解。计算得到的沿对称线的时均顺流向速度与文献上的实验结果进行了比较,结果吻合较好,同时还对绕方柱流的流场结构进行了分析研究。     

线性蠕变问题中两种摄动半解析计算格式

将线性蠕变的控制方程做摄动展开,用加权余量法和二类变量的变分原理,引入有限元线和Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ混合状态元技术,建立了两种求解缄性蠕变问题的摄动增解析计算格式。     

具有待定形函数的有限元线法

有限元线法是一种优良的半解析法，但其解函数存在解析方向和离散方向上的精度不相称的问题。本文提出了一种基于有限元线法的双向解析法——具有待定形函数的有限元线法。该方法设形函数为未知待定并借助能量原理对形函数进行解析性求解，使解函数在两个方向上的精度达到相称，从而大幅度提升了解答的整体质量和精度。文中，以二维Poisson方程问题为例，具体给出了待定形函数的有限元线法的算法和算例，用以表明本法的可行性和有效性。     

有限长轴承非稳态油膜力自由-移动边界问题的有限条解法

讨论了不可压缩流体润滑的动载径向滑动轴承油膜压力分布的自由移动边界问题的有限条解法．将自由边界问题转化为全域(矩形域)的具有不等式约束的微分方程的边值问题，进一步化为具有不等式约束的泛函极值问题。借助有限条法在矩形域上离散这个泛函，得到了一个特殊的二次泛函的规化问题。通过变量平移变换，使其化为标准的二次规划问题。然后借助于牛顿非光滑算法，迭代求解非线性的互补方程。给出了有限长轴承真实的油膜应力分布。对于所求解方程的系数矩阵的高度稀疏性。给出了紧缩存储算法。节省了存储空间和减少了计算量。算例表明该方法是有效的。     

求解三维裂纹前缘SIF分布时间历程的通用权函数法和有限变分法

将三维热权函数法扩展为适用于表面力、体积力和温度载荷的通用权函数法(UWF).推导出以变分型积分方程表达的UWF法基本方程,从变分的角度,将求解三维热权函数法基本方程的多虚拟裂纹扩展法(MVCE)改造为可以适用于一般的变分型积分方程的一类新型数值方法--有限变分法(FVM).在FVM中可以引入无穷多种线性无关的局部变分模式,可以根据计算要求在求解域中插入任意多个计算节点,单一型裂纹问题FVM所得到的最终方程组的系数矩阵总是一个对称的窄带矩阵,而且对角元总是大数,具有良好的数值计算性能.FVM对于SIF沿裂纹前缘急剧变化的复杂情况具有较好的数值模拟能力和较高的计算精度,利用自身一致性,可以求得三维裂纹前缘SIF的高精度解.     

数值求解Navier—Stokes方程的迎风紧致差分格式

从迎风紧致逼近^[1]出发,提出数值求解可压Navier-Stokes方程的一种高精度的数值方法。利用Steger-Warming的通量分裂技术^[2]将守恒型方程中的流通向量分裂成两部分,在此基础上据风向构造逼近于无粘项的三阶迎风紧致有限差分格式。对方程中的粘性部分采用通常的二阶差分逼近。所建立的差分格式被用来数值求解了三维粘性绕流问题。     

Two‐level finite element method with a stabilizing subgrid for the incompressible MHD equations

We consider the Galerkin finite element method (FEM) for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in two dimension. The domain is discretized into a set of regular triangular elements and the finite‐dimensional spaces employed consist of piecewise continuous linear interpolants enriched with the residual‐free bubble functions. To find the bubble part of the solution, a two‐level FEM with a stabilizing subgrid of a single node is described and its application to the MHD equations is displayed. Numerical approximations employing the proposed algorithm are presented for three benchmark problems including the MHD cavity flow and the MHD flow over a step. The results show that the proper choice of the subgrid node is crucial to get stable and accurate numerical approximations consistent with the physical configuration of the problem at a cheap computational cost. Furthermore, the approximate solutions obtained show the well‐known characteristics of the MHD flow. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Potential flow around obstacles using the scaled boundary finite‐element method

The scaled boundary finite‐element method is a novel semi‐analytical technique, combining the advantages of the finite element and the boundary element methods with unique properties of its own. The method works by weakening the governing differential equations in one co‐ordinate direction through the introduction of shape functions, then solving the weakened equations analytically in the other (radial) co‐ordinate direction. These co‐ordinate directions are defined by the geometry of the domain and a scaling centre. The method can be employed for both bounded and unbounded domains. This paper applies the method to problems of potential flow around streamlined and bluff obstacles in an infinite domain. The method is derived using a weighted residual approach and extended to include the necessary velocity boundary conditions at infinity. The ability of the method to model unbounded problems is demonstrated, together with its ability to model singular points in the near field in the case of bluff obstacles. Flow fields around circular and square cylinders are computed, graphically illustrating the accuracy of the technique, and two further practical examples are also presented. Comparisons are made with boundary element and finite difference solutions. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM WITH FINITE ELEMENT-BOUNDARY ELEMENT COUPLING

A domain decomposition algorithm coupling the finite element and the boundary element was presented. It essentially involves subdivision of the analyzed domain into sub-regions being independently modeled by two methods, i.e., the finite element method (FEM) and the boundary element method (BEM). The original problem was restored with continuity and equilibrium conditions being satisfied on the interface of the two sub-regions using an iterative algorithm. To speed up the convergence rate of the iterative algorithm, a dynamically changing relaxation parameter during iteration was introduced. An advantage of the proposed algorithm is that the locations of the nodes on the interface of the two sub-domains can be inconsistent. The validity of the algorithm is demonstrated by the consistence of the results of a numerical example obtained by the proposed method and those by the FEM, the BEM and a present finite element-boundary element (FE-BE) coupling method.     

A domain decomposition approach to finite volume solutions of the Euler equations on unstructured triangular meshes

We report on our recent efforts on the formulation and the evaluation of a domain decomposition algorithm for the parallel solution of two‐dimensional compressible inviscid flows. The starting point is a flow solver for the Euler equations, which is based on a mixed finite element/finite volume formulation on unstructured triangular meshes. Time integration of the resulting semi‐discrete equations is obtained using a linearized backward Euler implicit scheme. As a result, each pseudo‐time step requires the solution of a sparse linear system for the flow variables. In this study, a non‐overlapping domain decomposition algorithm is used for advancing the solution at each implicit time step. First, we formulate an additive Schwarz algorithm using appropriate matching conditions at the subdomain interfaces. In accordance with the hyperbolic nature of the Euler equations, these transmission conditions are Dirichlet conditions for the characteristic variables corresponding to incoming waves. Then, we introduce interface operators that allow us to express the domain decomposition algorithm as a Richardson‐type iteration on the interface unknowns. Algebraically speaking, the Schwarz algorithm is equivalent to a Jacobi iteration applied to a linear system whose matrix has a block structure. A substructuring technique can be applied to this matrix in order to obtain a fully implicit scheme in terms of interface unknowns. In our approach, the interface unknowns are numerical (normal) fluxes. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Local and parallel finite element algorithms based on two-grid discretization for steady Navier-Stokes equations

Local and parallel finite element algorithms based on two-grid discretization for Navier-Stokes equations in two dimension are presented. Its basis is a coarse finite element space on the global domain and a fine finite element space on the subdomain. The local algorithm consists of finding a solution for a given nonlinear problem in the coarse finite element space and a solution for a linear problem in the fine finite element space, then droping the coarse solution of the region near the boundary. By overlapping domain decomposition, the parallel algorithms are obtained. This paper analyzes the error of these algorithms and gets some error estimates which are better than those of the standard finite element method. The numerical experiments are given too. By analyzing and comparing these results, it is shown that these algorithms are correct and high efficient.     

Numerical simulation of high‐Reynolds number flow around circular cylinders by a three‐step FEM–BEM model

An innovative computational model, developed to simulate high‐Reynolds number flow past circular cylinders in two‐dimensional incompressible viscous flows in external flow fields is described in this paper. The model, based on transient Navier–Stokes equations, can solve the infinite boundary value problems by extracting the boundary effects on a specified finite computational domain, using the projection method. The pressure is assumed to be zero at infinite boundary and the external flow field is simulated using a direct boundary element method (BEM) by solving a pressure Poisson equation. A three‐step finite element method (FEM) is used to solve the momentum equations of the flow. The present model is applied to simulate high‐Reynolds number flow past a single circular cylinder and flow past two cylinders in which one acts as a control cylinder. The simulation results are compared with experimental data and other numerical models and are found to be feasible and satisfactory. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A novel non‐upwind,interconnected, multi‐grid,overlapping numerical procedure for problems involving fluid flow

A novel numerical procedure for heat, mass and momentum transfer in fluid flow is presented. The new scheme is passed on a non‐upwind, interconnected, multi‐grid, overlapping (NIMO) finite‐difference algorithm. In 2D flows, the NIMO algorithm solves finite‐difference equations for each dependent variable on four overlapping grids. The finite‐difference equations are formulated using the control‐volume approach, such that no interpolations are needed for computing the convective fluxes. For a particular dependent variable, four fields of values are produced. The NIMO numerical procedure is tested against the exact solution of two test problems. The first test problem is an oblique laminar 2D flow with a double step abrupt change in a passive scalar variable for infinite Peclet number. The second test problem is a rotating radial flow in an annular sector with a single step abrupt change in a passive scalar variable for infinite Peclet number. The NIMO scheme produced essentially the exact solution using different uniform and non‐uniform square and rectangular grids for 45 and 30° angle of inclination. All other schemes were unable to capture the exact solution, especially for the rectangular and non‐uniform grids. The NIMO scheme was also successful in predicting the exact solution for the rotating radial flow, using a uniform cylindrical‐polar coordinate grid. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Uncoupled finite element solution of biharmonic problems for vector potentials

A method for the uncoupled solution of three-dimensional biharmonic problems for the vector potential in viscous incompressible flow is presented. The strategy applied in a previous work on vector Poisson equations is employed to reduce the vector fourth-order problem to a sequence of scalar biharmonic problems. A finite element aimed at the implementation of the method in a discrete version is considered. A conjugate gradient algorithm which is particularly efficient for the uncoupled solution method is also described.     

Two‐level finite element method with a stabilizing subgrid for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations

We consider the Galerkin finite element method for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations in two dimensions. The domain is discretized into a set of regular triangular elements and the finite‐dimensional spaces employed consist of piecewise continuous linear interpolants enriched with the residual‐free bubble functions. To find the bubble part of the solution, a two‐level finite element method with a stabilizing subgrid of a single node is described, and its application to the Navier–Stokes equation is displayed. Numerical approximations employing the proposed algorithm are presented for three benchmark problems. The results show that the proper choice of the subgrid node is crucial in obtaining stable and accurate numerical approximations consistent with the physical configuration of the problem at a cheap computational cost. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A two‐phase flow interface capturing finite element method

A new interface capturing algorithm is proposed for the finite element simulation of two‐phase flows. It relies on the solution of an advection equation for the interface between the two phases by a streamline upwind Petrov–Galerkin (SUPG) scheme combined with an adaptive mesh refinement procedure and a filtering technique. This method is illustrated in the case of a Rayleigh–Taylor two‐phase flow problem governed by the Stokes equations. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.