A METHOD OF ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL DISSIPATION IN NAVIER–STOKES CODES

A new method of estimating the extent of the artificial dissipation effects in any solution obtained with a Navier–Stokes flow solver is described. Rather than recalculating the flow on a more refined grid, the solver may be used on the same grid to calculate the flow of an ‘artificially dissipative fluid’, which is a fluid having dissipate properties which arise entirely from the solution method itself. This is done by setting the viscosity and heat conduction coefficients in the Navier–Stokes solver to zero everywhere in the flow, while at the same time applying the usual boundary conditions at solid boundaries. An ‘artificially dissipative flow’ solution will be found where the dissipation effects depend entirely on the solver itself. By comparing this solution with that obtained on the same grid with the solver working in its normal mode, one can estimate whether further grid refinement is required, without necessarily producing an extensive series of solutions on different grids.     

Global volume conservation in unsteady free surface flows with energy absorbing far‐end boundaries

A wave absorption filter for the far‐end boundary of semi‐infinite large reservoirs is developed for numerical simulation of unsteady free surface flows. Mathematical model is based on finite volume solution of the Navier–Stokes equations and depth‐integrated continuity equation to track the free surface. The Sommerfeld boundary condition is applied at the far‐end of the truncated computational domain. A dissipation zone is formed by applying artificial pressure on water surface to dissipate the kinetic energy of the outgoing waves. The computational scheme is tested to verify the conservation of total fluid volume in the domain for long simulation durations. Combination of the Sommerfeld boundary and dissipation zone can effectively minimize reflections and prevent cumulative changes in total fluid volume in the domain. Solitary wave, nonlinear periodic waves and irregular waves are simulated to illustrate the numerical developments. Earthquake excited surface waves and nonlinear hydrodynamic pressures in a dam–reservoir are computed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An investigation of artificial dissipation for the cell-vertex finite volume method

This paper is concerned with an investigation of artificial dissipation models that are used with the cell-vertex finite volume approximation of the compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations. Based on the observation that first and second-order upwind schemes can be written as a central discretization plus an appropriately scaled dissipative flux, a matrix scaling of second and fourth-differences is implemented in an artificial dissipation model that also uses a procedure to limit the applicability of shock-capturing dissipation. Analysis of the model and the associated boundary conditions is given to determine the effect on accuracy. Numerical results are given for transonic Euler flow past a NACA0012 aerofoil profile which demonstrate the improved shock-capturing capability of the model. Results for laminar subsonic viscous flow over a flat plate show that the matrix-dissipation model reduces the amount of spurious artificial dissipation within boundary layers.     

Non-reflecting boundary conditions applicable to general purpose CFD simulators

In simulations of propagating blast waves the effects of artificial reflections at open boundaries can seriously degrade the accuracy of the computations. In this paper, a boundary condition based on a local approximation by a plane traveling wave is presented. The method yields small artificial reflections at open boundaries. The derivation and the theory behind these so-called plane-wave boundary conditions are presented. The method is conceptually simple and is easy to implement in two and three dimensions. These non-reflecting boundary conditions are employed in the three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver FLACS, capable of simulating gas explosions and blast-wave propagation in complex geometries. Several examples involving propagating waves in one and two dimensions, shock tube and an example of a simulation of a propagating blast wave generated by an explosion in a compressor module are shown. The numerical simulations show that artificial reflections due to the boundary conditions employed are negligible. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Transmission boundary condition for mixed variable finite-difference method

All kinds of numerical methods based on the discretization of first-order velocity-stress hyperbolic system of elastic wave equations are named mixed variable finite-difference method in this paper, and the transmission boundary condition of artificial boundaries is studied here by the mixed variable finite-difference method. The transmission condition of complex geometrical boundaries of a transversely isotropic medium is presented based on the characteristic variables of wavefields propagating in the normal direction of the boundary. The boundary condition proposed in this paper is a local artificial boundary condition, with which the computation cost is very low. Elastic wave propagations in transversely isotropic medium are modelled by the staggered grid finite-difference method incorporated with the boundary condition presented. Numerical results and analysis of reflection coefficients show that the reflections of incoming waves by artificial boundaries are efficiently reduced.Supported by National Natural Science Foundation and Liaoning Province Science Foundation.     

DYNAMICAL ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY FOR FLUID MEDIUM IN WAVE MOTION PROBLEMS

无限域流体介质的波动辐射效应是影响海域工程动力反应的重要因素,人工边界是实现此类开放系统近场波动问题数值分析的有效方法.基于位移格式的流体波动理论推导开放域流体介质的人工边界,分别给出一维、二维和三维空间中平面波、柱面波和球面波的流体介质动力人工边界条件,其中一维平面波动人工边界为经典的黏性边界,二维柱面波、三维球面波的人工边界处节点应力与节点速度和加速度成正比,可等效为由阻尼与质量系统构成的人工边界条件.讨论相应的数值模拟技术,给出流体介质动力人工边界在ANSYS软件平台的具体实现方法.近场流体介质动力反应问题的算例表明,所发展的流体动力人工边界对于轴对称波动与非轴对称波动在近场有限域截断处的透射吸收作用的模拟计算精度均较为良好,说明此流体介质人工边界具有较高的可靠性与实用性.所发展的流体介质动力人工边界可较为方便地与大型商用有限元软件结合,可为包括海域地形和海岛在内的海域工程的动力分析提供一定的方法借鉴.     

Micromechanical concept for the analysis of damage evolution in thermo-viscoelastic and quasi-brittle materials

The aim of this paper is to develop a thermodynamically consistent micromechanical concept for the damage analysis of viscoelastic and quasi-brittle materials. As kinematical damage variables a set of scalar-, vector-, and tensor-valued functions is chosen to describe isotropic and anisotropic damage. Since the process of material degradation is governed by physical mechanisms on levels with different length scale, the macro- and mesolevel, where on the mesolevel microdefects evolve due to microforces, we formulate in this paper the dynamical balance laws for macro- and microforces and the first and second law of thermodynamics for macro- and mesolevel.Assuming a general form of the constitutive equations for thermo-viscoelastic and quasi-brittle materials, it is shown that according to the restrictions imposed by the Clausius–Duhem inequality macro- and microforces consist of two parts, a non-dissipative and a dissipative part, where on the mesolevel the latter can be regarded as driving forces on moving microdefects. It is shown that the non-dissipative forces can be derived from a free energy potential and the dissipative forces from a dissipation pseudo-potential, if its existence can be assured.The micromechanical damage theory presented in this paper can be considered as a framework which enables the formulation of various weakly nonlocal and gradient, respectively, damage models. This is outlined in detail for isotropic and anisotropic damage.     

A multi-field incremental variational framework for gradient-extended standard dissipative solids

The paper presents a constitutive framework for solids with dissipative micro-structures based on compact variational statements. It develops incremental minimization and saddle point principles for a class of gradient-type dissipative materials which incorporate micro-structural fields (micro-displacements, order parameters, or generalized internal variables), whose gradients enter the energy storage and dissipation functions. In contrast to classical local continuum approaches to inelastic solids based on locally evolving internal variables, these global micro-structural fields are governed by additional balance equations including micro-structural boundary conditions. They describe changes of the substructure of the material which evolve relatively to the material as a whole. Typical examples are theories of phase field evolution, gradient damage, or strain gradient plasticity. Such models incorporate non-local effects based on length scales, which reflect properties of the material micro-structure. We outline a unified framework for the broad class of first-order gradient-type standard dissipative solids. Particular emphasis is put on alternative multi-field representations, where both the microstructural variable itself as well as its dual driving force are present. These three-field settings are suitable for models with threshold- or yield-functions formulated in the space of the driving forces. It is shown that the coupled macro- and micro-balances follow in a natural way as the Euler equations of minimization and saddle point principles, which are based on properly defined incremental potentials. These multi-field potential functionals are outlined in both a continuous rate formulation and a time-space-discrete incremental setting. The inherent symmetry of the proposed multi-field formulations is an attractive feature with regard to their numerical implementation. The unified character of the framework is demonstrated by a spectrum of model problems, which covers phase field models and formulations of gradient damage and plasticity.     

Nonreflecting boundary conditions based on nonlinear multidimensional characteristics

Nonlinear characteristic boundary conditions based on nonlinear multidimensional characteristics are proposed for 2‐ and 3‐D compressible Navier–Stokes equations with/without scalar transport equations. This approach is consistent with the flow physics and transport properties. Based on the theory of characteristics, which is a rigorous mathematical technique, multidimensional flows can be decomposed into acoustic, entropy, and vorticity waves. Nonreflecting boundary conditions are derived by setting corresponding characteristic variables of incoming waves to zero and by partially damping the source terms of the incoming acoustic waves. In order to obtain the resulting optimal damping coefficient, analysis is performed for problems of pure acoustic plane wave propagation and arbitrary flows. The proposed boundary conditions are tested on two benchmark problems: cylindrical acoustic wave propagation and the wake flow behind a cylinder with strong periodic vortex convected out of the computational domain. This new approach substantially minimizes the spurious wave reflections of pressure, density, temperature, and velocity as well as vorticity from the artificial boundaries, where strong multidimensional flow effects exist. The numerical simulations yield accurate results, confirm the optimal damping coefficient obtained from analysis, and verify that the method substantially improves the 1‐D characteristics‐based nonreflecting boundary conditions for complex multidimensional flows. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

具有稳定数值解的三维谐振子

谐振子广泛应用于物理系统的描述和物理现象的数值模拟。由于二维或三维谐振子对于系统参数、初始条件和边界条件的高度敏感性,很多物理过程的动力学模拟都会出现数值解不稳定的现象。近年来发展的无网格法、物质点法和近场动力学法等数值模拟方法均绕开了对固体材料固有构形的量化描述。本文引入了定常耗散项和弹簧耗散项,考虑随机微扰效应,提出了一种三维耗散谐振子,构建了基于蛙跳法和边界松弛技术的数值积分算法。应用三维谐振子构建了耗散型弹簧摆、简化弦和简化梁三个模型,设定了13个定解问题进行动力学模拟。数值试验结果表明,三维谐振子是稳定的。基于简化弦模型,模拟了拉弦、放弦和重弦三个有界弦振动问题;其中,拉弦和放弦问题成功模拟了有界弦的三维振形;重弦问题模拟再现了悬链线在水平向的微幅振荡现象。基于简化梁模型,模拟了三维梁的拉伸、剪切和扭转行为,验证了三维谐振子对于非线性大变形问题动力学模拟的描述能力,及其对外部作用的高速响应能力。本文方法可以为弦振动问题和材料力学非线性大变形问题的动力学模拟提供一条可行的实现途径。     

采用黏弹性人工边界时显式算法稳定性条件

黏弹性人工边界是处理无限域波动问题常用的数值模拟方法。采用显式时域逐步积分算法进行计算时,受黏弹性人工边界的阻尼、刚度等影响,人工边界区的稳定性比内部计算域的更严格,尚无明确、实用的稳定性判别准则,这限制了黏弹性人工边界在显式动力分析中的应用。针对二维黏弹性人工边界,利用基于局部子系统的稳定性分析方法和基于传递矩阵谱半径的稳定性判别准则,给出了可代表整体模型局部特征的不同边界子系统的稳定性条件解析解。通过对比分析不同计算区域的稳定性条件及其影响因素,证明了整体模型的稳定性由角点子系统控制。在此基础上,获得了含黏弹性人工边界的整体模型在显示动力计算中的统一稳定性判别准则和简化实用计算方法。在实际应用中,令积分时间步长满足稳定性条件,即可顺利完成整体模型的动力计算。以上研究可为将黏弹性人工边界应用于显式动力计算时积分时间步长的合理选取提供参考。     

Using fully implicit conservative statements to close open boundaries passing through recirculations

The numerical solution of the fluid flow governing equations requires the implementation of certain boundary conditions at suitable places to make the problem well‐posed. Most of numerical strategies exhibit weak performance and obtain inaccurate solutions if the solution domain boundaries are not placed at adequate locations. Unfortunately, many practical fluid flow problems pose difficulty at their boundaries because the required information for solving the PDE's is not available there. On the other hand, large solution domains with known boundary conditions normally need a higher number of mesh nodes, which can increase the computational cost. Such difficulties have motivated the CFD workers to confine the solution domain and solve it using artificial boundaries with unknown flow conditions prevailing there. In this work, we develop a general strategy, which enables the control‐volume‐based methods to close the outflow boundary at arbitrary locations where the flow conditions are not known prior to the solution. In this regard, we extend suitable conservative statements at the outflow boundary. The derived statements gradually detect the correct boundary conditions at arbitrary boundaries via an implicit procedure using a finite element volume method. The extended statements are validated by solving the truncated benchmark backward‐facing step problem. The investigation shows that the downstream boundary can pass through a recirculation zone without deteriorating the accuracy of the solution either in the domain or at its boundaries. The results indicate that the extended formulation is robust enough to be employed in solution domains with unknown boundary conditions. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Transient elastic wave propagation in an infinite Timoshenko beam on viscoelastic foundation

This paper presents an effective numerical method for solving elastic wave propagation problems in an infinite Timoshenko beam on viscoelastic foundation in time domain. In order to use the finite element method to model the local complicated material properties of the infinite beam as well as foundation, two artificial boundaries are needed in the infinite system so as to truncate the infinite beam into a finite beam. This treatment requires an appropriate boundary condition derived and applied on the corresponding truncated boundaries. For this purpose, the time-dependent equilibrium equation of motion for beam is changed into a linear ordinary differential equation by using the operator splitting and the residual radiation methods. Simultaneously, an artificial parameter is employed in the derivation. As a result, the high-order accurate artificial boundary condition, which is local in time, is obtained by solving the ordinary differential equation. The numerical examples given in this paper demonstrate that the proposed method is of high accuracy in dealing with elastic wave propagation problems in an infinite foundation beam.     

Exponential Stability to a Contact Problem of Partially Viscoelastic Materials

In this paper we study models for contact problems of materials consisting of an elastic part (without memory) and a viscoelastic part, where the dissipation given by the memory is effective. We show that the solution of the corresponding viscoelastic equation decays exponentially to zero as time goes to infinity, provided the relaxation function also decays exponentially, no matter how small is the dissipative part of the material.     

Prediction of incompressible flow separation with the approximate factorization technique

This paper describes one application of the approximate factorization technique to the solution of incompressible steady viscous flow problems in two dimensions. The velocity-pressure formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations written in curvilinear non-orthogonal co-ordinates is adopted. The continuity equation is replaced with one equation for the pressure by means of the artificial compressibility concept to obtain a system parabolic in time. The resulting equations are discretized in space with centred finite differences, and the steady state solution obtained by a time-marching ADI method requiring to solve 3 x 3 block tridiagonal linear systems. An optimized fourth-order artificial dissipation is introduced to damp the numerical instabilities of the artificial compressibility equation and ensure convergence. The resulting solver is applied to the prediction of a wide variety of internal flows, including both streamlined boundaries and sharp corners, and fast convergence and good results obtained for all the configurations investigated.     

A theory for grain boundaries with strain-gradient plasticity

In this work, the effect of the material microstructural interface between two materials (i.e., grain boundary in polycrystalls) is adopted into a thermodynamic-based higher order strain gradient plasticity framework. The developed grain boundary flow rule accounts for the energy storage at the grain boundary due to the dislocation pile up as well as energy dissipation caused by the dislocation transfer through the grain boundary. The theory is developed based on the decomposition of the thermodynamic conjugate forces into energetic and dissipative counterparts which provides the constitutive equations to have both energetic and dissipative gradient length scales for the grain and grain boundary. The numerical solution for the proposed framework is also presented here within the finite element context. The material parameters of the gradient framework are also calibrated using an extensive set of micro-scale experimental measurements of thin metal films over a wide range of size and temperature of the samples.     

Computational modeling of size-dependent superelasticity of shape memory alloys

We propose a nonlocal continuum model to describe the size-dependent superelastic responses observed in recent experiments of shape memory alloys. The modeling approach extends a superelasticity formulation based on the martensitic volume fraction, and combines it with gradient plasticity theories. Size effects are incorporated through two internal length scales, an energetic length scale and a dissipative length scale, which correspond to the gradient terms in the free energy and the dissipation, respectively. We also propose a computational framework based on a variational formulation to solve the coupled governing equations resulting from the nonlocal superelastic model. Within this framework, a robust and scalable algorithm is implemented for large scale three-dimensional problems. A numerical study of the grain boundary constraint effect shows that the model is able to capture the size-dependent stress hysteresis and strain hardening during the loading and unloading cycles in polycrystalline SMAs.     

Grain boundary interface mechanics in strain gradient crystal plasticity

Interactions between dislocations and grain boundaries play an important role in the plastic deformation of polycrystalline metals. Capturing accurately the behaviour of these internal interfaces is particularly important for applications where the relative grain boundary fraction is significant, such as ultra fine-grained metals, thin films and micro-devices. Incorporating these micro-scale interactions (which are sensitive to a number of dislocation, interface and crystallographic parameters) within a macro-scale crystal plasticity model poses a challenge. The innovative features in the present paper include (i) the formulation of a thermodynamically consistent grain boundary interface model within a microstructurally motivated strain gradient crystal plasticity framework, (ii) the presence of intra-grain slip system coupling through a microstructurally derived internal stress, (iii) the incorporation of inter-grain slip system coupling via an interface energy accounting for both the magnitude and direction of contributions to the residual defect from all slip systems in the two neighbouring grains, and (iv) the numerical implementation of the grain boundary model to directly investigate the influence of the interface constitutive parameters on plastic deformation. The model problem of a bicrystal deforming in plane strain is analysed. The influence of dissipative and energetic interface hardening, grain misorientation, asymmetry in the grain orientations and the grain size are systematically investigated. In each case, the crystal response is compared with reference calculations with grain boundaries that are either ‘microhard’ (impenetrable to dislocations) or ‘microfree’ (an infinite dislocation sink).     

Direct and large eddy simulation of stratified turbulence

Simulations of geophysical turbulent flows require a robust and accurate subgrid-scale turbulence modeling. To evaluate turbulence models for stably stratified flows, we performed direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of the transition of the three-dimensional Taylor–Green vortex and of homogeneous stratified turbulence with large-scale horizontal forcing. In these simulations we found that energy dissipation is concentrated within thin layers of horizontal tagliatelle-like vortex sheets between large pancake-like structures. We propose a new implicit subgrid-scale model for stratified fluids, based on the Adaptive Local Deconvolution Method (ALDM). Our analysis proves that the implicit turbulence model ALDM correctly predicts the turbulence energy budget and the energy spectra of stratified turbulence, even though dissipative structures are not resolved on the computational grid.