Meshless solution of two-dimensional incompressible flow problems using the radial basis integral equation method

The two-dimensional incompressible fluid flow problems governed by the velocity–vorticity formulation of the Navier–Stokes equations were solved using the radial basis integral (RBIE) equation method. The RBIE is a meshless method based on the multi-domain boundary element method with overlapping subdomains. It solves at each node for the potential and its spatial derivatives. This feature of the RBIE is advantageous in solving the velocity–vorticity formulation of the Navier–Stokes equations since the calculated velocity gradients can be used to compute the vorticity that is prescribed as a boundary condition to the vorticity transport equation. The accuracy of the numerical solution was examined by solving the test problem with known analytical solution. Two benchmark problems, i.e. the lid driven cavity flow and the thermally driven cavity flow were also solved. The numerical results obtained using the RBIE showed very good agreement with the benchmark solutions.     

Numerical solution of unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations using high-order method of lines

A high-order method of lines is devised for solving the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in the vorticity-stream function formulation. The vorticity transport equation is solved by the eight- or tenth-order method of lines and the Poisson equation for the stream function is solved by a high-order multigrid method. The numerical results of the two-dimensional (2D) homogeneous isotropic turbulence and the turbulent mixing layer are presented. In the homogeneous isotropic turbulence with tenth order of spatial accuracy, the power law of the inertial energy spectrum at the climax stage coincides with the predictions by Batchelor, Leith and Kraichnan. In the turbulent mixing layer with eight order of spatial accuracy, the vortex pairing are reproduced and the coherent structure of the Reynolds stress at the pairing is noticed.     

Mean-Square Approximation of Navier-Stokes Equations with Additive Noise in Vorticity-Velocity Formulation

We consider a time discretization of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with spatial periodic boundary conditions and additive noise in the vorticity-velocity formulation. The approximation is based on freezing the velocity on time subintervals resulting in a linear stochastic parabolic equation for vorticity. At each time step, the velocity is expressed via vorticity using a formula corresponding to the Biot-Savart-type law. We prove the first mean-square convergence order of the vorticity approximation.     

An application of a boundary element method to natural convection

The direct boundary element method is applied to the numerical modelling of thermal fluid flow in a transient state. The Navier-Stokes equations are considered under the Boussinesq approximation and the viscous thermal flow equations are expressed in terms of stream function, vorticity, and temperature in two dimensions. Boundary integral equations are derived using logarithmic potential and time-dependent heat potential as fundamental solutions. Boundary unknowns are discretized by linear boundary elements and flow domains are divided into a series of triangular cells. Charged points are translated upstream in the numerical evaluation of convective terms. Unknown stream function, vorticity, and temperature are staggered in the computational scheme.

Simple iteration is found to converge to the quasi steady-state flow. Boundary solutions for two-dimensional examples at a Reynolds number 100 and Grashoff number 10⁷ are obtained.     

Navier–Stokes equations with slip boundary conditions

In this paper, we consider incompressible viscous fluid flows with slip boundary conditions. We first prove the existence of solutions of the unsteady Navier–Stokes equations in n‐spacial dimensions. Then, we investigate the stability, uniqueness and regularity of solutions in two and three spacial dimensions. In the compactness argument, we construct a special basis fulfilling the incompressibility exactly, which leads to an efficient and convergent spectral method. In particular, we avoid the main difficulty for ensuring the incompressibility of numerical solutions, which occurs in other numerical algorithms. We also derive the vorticity‐stream function form with exact boundary conditions, and establish some results on the existence, stability and uniqueness of its solutions. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

非定常不可压Navier-Stokes方程两重网格方法的稳定性和L2误差估计

讨论了二维非定常不可压Navier-Stokes方程的两重网格方法．此方法包括在粗网格上求解一个非线性问题,在细网格上求解一个Stokes问题．采用一种新的全离散(时间离散用Crank-Nicolson格式,空间离散用混合有限元方法)格式数值求解N-S方程．证明了该全离散格式的稳定性．给出了L2误差估计．对比标准有限元方法,在保持同样精度的前提下,TGM能节省大量的计算量．     

On the use of potential fields in fluid mechanics

In classical fluid mechanics, potential fields have been employed to enable the integration of the equations of motion. As is well known, Bernoulli's equation is obtained as a first integral of Euler's equations in the absence of vorticity and viscosity if the velocity vector is perceived as the gradient of a scalar potential. The so-called Clebsch transformation [1] involving three scalar potentials allows for a further extension to flows with non-vanishing vorticity; the resulting equations turn out to be self-adjoint, allowing for a variational formulation. All attempts in classic literature, however, are restricted to inviscid flows and the finding of a potential representation enabling the integration of the Navier-Stokes equations remains desirable. Progress on this topic was reported by [3, 4] who constructed a first integral of the two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations by making use of an auxiliary potential field and a representation of the fields in terms of complex coordinates. The new formulation proved to be useful in numerical applications and moreover, replacing the scalar potential by a tensor potential, the theory can be successfully generalised to encompass three-dimensional Navier-Stokes flow. Related to the first integral a finite element method was presented in [2] based on a formulation involving the velocities and the first order derivatives of the introduced potential. This way the dynamic boundary condition could be incorporated elegantly and the system of equations fitted into the first order system least-squares methodology. However, a promising alternative approach results if one considers the streamfunction and a slightly modified potential field as independent variables. This new approach involves Laplacian operators rather than mixed derivatives and allows for a convenient embodiment of the Neumann conditions on the streamfunction that is in contrast to the original stream function / potential formulation [4]. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

ON DISCRETE PROJECTION AND NUMERICAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF THE UNSTEADY INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS

1. IntroductionLet us consider the unsteady incompressible Navier--Stokes equations (INSE)on a two--dimensional rectangular region fl with boundary 0fl. Here w = (u, v)" is tl1e velocityvector, p is the pressure, and f a known vector function of x) y, and…     

Spectral method for vorticity‐stream function form of Navier–Stokes equations with slip boundary conditions

In this paper, we propose a spectral method for the vorticity‐stream function form of the Navier–Stokes equations with slip boundary conditions. The numerical solutions fulfill the incompressibility and the physical boundary conditions automatically. The stability and convergence of the proposed methods are proven. Numeric results demonstrate the efficiency of suggested algorithm. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Upwind compact finite difference scheme for time-accurate solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

This article presents a time-accurate numerical method using high-order accurate compact finite difference scheme for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The method relies on the artificial compressibility formulation, which endows the governing equations a hyperbolic-parabolic nature. The convective terms are discretized with a third-order upwind compact scheme based on flux-difference splitting, and the viscous terms are approximated with a fourth-order central compact scheme. Dual-time stepping is implemented for time-accurate calculation in conjunction with Beam-Warming approximate factorization scheme. The present compact scheme is compared with an established non-compact scheme via analysis in a model equation and numerical tests in four benchmark flow problems. Comparisons demonstrate that the present third-order upwind compact scheme is more accurate than the non-compact scheme while having the same computational cost as the latter.     

Coupling harmonic functions‐finite elements for solving the stream function‐vorticity Stokes problem

We consider the bidimensional Stokes problem for incompressible fluids in stream function‐vorticity form. The classical finite element method of degree one usually used does not allow the vorticity on the boundary of the domain to be computed satisfactorily when the meshes are unstructured and does not converge optimally. To better approach the vorticity along the boundary, we propose that harmonic functions obtained by integral representation be used. Numerical results are very satisfactory, and we prove that this new numerical scheme leads to an optimal convergence rate of order 1 for the natural norm of the vorticity and, under higher regularity assumptions, from 3/2 to 2 for the quadratic norm of the vorticity. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2004.     

Analysis of finite difference schemes for unsteady Navier-Stokes equations in vorticity formulation

Summary. In this paper, we provide stability and convergence analysis for a class of finite difference schemes for unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in vorticity-stream function formulation. The no-slip boundary condition for the velocity is converted into local vorticity boundary conditions. Thom's formula, Wilkes' formula, or other local formulas in the earlier literature can be used in the second order method; while high order formulas, such as Briley's formula, can be used in the fourth order compact difference scheme proposed by E and Liu. The stability analysis of these long-stencil formulas cannot be directly derived from straightforward manipulations since more than one interior point is involved in the formula. The main idea of the stability analysis is to control local terms by global quantities via discrete elliptic regularity for stream function. We choose to analyze the second order scheme with Wilkes' formula in detail. In this case, we can avoid the complicated technique necessitated by the Strang-type high order expansions. As a consequence, our analysis results in almost optimal regularity assumption for the exact solution. The above methodology is very general. We also give a detailed analysis for the fourth order scheme using a 1-D Stokes model. Received December 10, 1999 / Revised version received November 5, 2000 / Published online August 17, 2001     

Formulation of boundary conditions for vorticity in viscous incompressible flow problems

For the stream function-vorticity formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations, vorticity boundary conditions are required on the body surface and the far-field boundary. A two-parameter approximating formula is derived that relates the velocity and vorticity on the outer boundary of the computational domain. The formula is used to construct an algorithm for correcting the conventional far-field boundary conditions. Specifically, a soft boundary condition is set for the vorticity and a uniform flux is specified for the transversal velocity. A third-order accurate three-parameter formula for the vorticity on the wall is derived. The use of the formula does not degrade the convergence of the iterative process of finding the vorticity as compared with a previously derived and tested two-parameter formula.     

FINITE ELEMENT NONLINEAR GALERKIN COUPLING METHOD FOR THE EXTERIOR STEADY NAVIER-STOKES PROBLEM

1.IntroductionNonlinearGalerkinmethodsaremultilevelschemesforthedissipativeevolutionpartialdifferentialequations.Theycorrespondtothesplittingsoftheunknownu:u=y z)wherethecomponentsareofdifferentorderofmagnitudewithrespecttoaparameterrelatedtothespati...     

STOKES COUPLING METHOD FOR THE EXTERIOR FLOW PART Ⅱ:WELL-POSEDNESS ANALYSIS

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A C0-WEAK GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS IN STREAM-FUNCTION FORMULATION

We propose and analyze a $C^0$-weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method for the numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations governing 2D stationary incompressible flows. Using a stream-function formulation, the system of Navier-Stokes equations is reduced to a single fourth-order nonlinear partial differential equation and the incompressibility constraint is automatically satisfied. The proposed method uses continuous piecewise-polynomial approximations of degree $k+2$ for the stream-function $\psi$ and discontinuous piecewise-polynomial approximations of degree $k+1$ for the trace of $\nabla\psi$ on the interelement boundaries. The existence of a discrete solution is proved by means of a topological degree argument, while the uniqueness is obtained under a data smallness condition. An optimal error estimate is obtained in $L^2$-norm, $H^1$-norm and broken $H^2$-norm. Numerical tests are presented to demonstrate the theoretical results.     

A fourth-order approximate projection method for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations on locally-refined periodic domains

In this follow-up of our previous work [30], the author proposes a high-order semi-implicit method for numerically solving the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations on locally-refined periodic domains. Fourth-order finite-volume stencils are employed for spatially discretizing various operators in the context of structured adaptive mesh refinement (AMR). Time integration adopts a fourth-order, semi-implicit, additive Runge–Kutta method to treat the non-stiff convection term explicitly and the stiff diffusion term implicitly. The divergence-free condition is fulfilled by an approximate projection operator. Altogether, these components yield a simple algorithm for simulating incompressible viscous flows on periodic domains with fourth-order accuracies both in time and in space. Results of numerical tests show that the proposed method is superior to previous second-order methods in terms of accuracy and efficiency. A major contribution of this work is the analysis of a fourth-order approximate projection operator.     

A TWO-LEVEL FINITE ELEMENT GALERKIN METHOD FOR THE NONSTATIONARY NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS I： SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION

In this article we consider a two-level finite element Galerkin method using mixed finite elements for the two-dimensional nonstationary incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The method yields a $H^1$-optimal velocity approximation and a $L_2$-optimal pressure approximation. The two-level finite element Galerkin method involves solving one small, nonlinear Navier-Stokes problem on the coarse mesh with mesh size $H$, one linear Stokes problem on the fine mesh with mesh size $h << H$. The algorithm we study produces an approximate solution with the optimal, asymptotic in $h$, accuracy.     

Long Time Behavior of the Cahn-Hilliard Equation with Irregular Potentials and Dynamic Boundary Conditions

The Cahn-Hilliard equation with irregular potentials and dynamic boundary conditions is considered.The existence of the global attractor is proved and the long time behavior of the trajectories,namely,the convergence to steady states,is studied.     

High-order ADI method for stream-function vorticity equations

Many recent works have demonstrated the efficiency of high-order compact (HOC) difference schemes on the stream-function and vorticity formulation of 2-D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. HOC discretizations induce cross spatial derivatives which are treated explicitly in most ADI schemes. Recently, Karaa and Zhang proposed a fourth-order ADImethod for solving convection-diffusion problems efficiently. In this work, we extend this method to the solution of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The driven flow in a square cavity is used as a model problem and numerical results are compared with other results. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)