基于GPU加速的三阶有限体积格式管道瞬变流求解模型

为高效和高精度求解长距离输水系统瞬变流变化过程,应用三阶ENO有限体积格式求解一维管道非恒定流方程组,基于Lax-Friedrichs通量裂分法重构界面通量,上下游界面采用虚拟网格技术并结合交叉管网边界条件建立了一套高效和高精度求解管道瞬变流水锤波的数值模型。引入GPU加速技术,实现对大型输水系统的高效计算。通过特征线法、一阶及二阶Godunov有限体积格式对模型进行验证,结果表明,三阶ENO格式在极低的Courant数时也能保持较好的间断捕捉性能且无非物理振荡。同时,对Courant数的高度不敏感性,使得模型划分网格时具有高度的灵活性并能显著提高计算速度。应用GPU加速技术,发现模型在较多网格数时有明显的加速效果,且加速效果随网格数增多而显著。本文模型可为长距离输水系统非恒定瞬变过程的高效精准快速模拟预测提供理论支撑。     

一个求解浅水波方程的时域分段展开算法

发展了一种时域分段展开自适应方法求解一维非线性浅水波方程。通过时域分段展开,将一个非线性的时空耦合初边值问题转化为一系列的线性空间边值问题,并采用有限元方法递推求解;通过展开阶数的递进,实现了分段时域的自适应计算,当不同步长时可保持稳定的计算精度。研究结果表明,当步长较大而Heun’s法、四阶Runge-Kutta法不能得到合理结果时,本文算法仍能保证足够的计算精度。     

Simulation of two‐phase flow–body interaction problems using direct forcing/fictitious domain–level set method

In the present paper, a direct forcing/fictitious domain (DF/FD)–level set method is proposed to simulate the twophase flow–body interaction. The DF/FD does not sacrifice accuracy and robustness by employing a discrete δ (Dirac delta) function to transfer quantities between the Eulerian nodes and Lagrangian points explicitly as the immersed boundary method. The advantages of this approach are the simple concept, the easy implementation and the utilization of original governing equation without modification. The main idea is to combine DF/FD method with the level set method in the Cartesian coordinates. We present the results of a number of test cases to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method for single‐phase flow–body interaction problem and the two‐phase flows with a stationary body. Eventually, the simulations of various water entry problems have been conducted to validate the capability and the accuracy of the present method on solving the twophase flow–body interaction. Consequently, the present results are found to be in good agreement with those of previous studies. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Application of Kalman Filter Finite Element Method and AIC

This paper presents a numerical simulation for application of the Kalman filter finite element method. The Kalman filter is employed frequently for the solution of time series analysis including observation and system noises. Applying the Kalman filter to the finite element method, the present method is capable of the estimation in time and space directions. In this method, the matrix generated by the finite element method is applied to the state transition matrix. Using the Kalman filter finite element method, the characteristics of both the Kalman filter and the finite element method can be strengthened. In this paper, the state transition matrix is based on the shallow water equations which are approximated by the finite element method. This method can estimate the tidal current not only in time but also in space directions.     

Meshing Requirements for Tidal Modeling in the Western North Atlantic

This paper presents an a posteriori approach to unstructured mesh generation via a localized truncation error analysis and applies it to the Western North Atlantic Tidal (WNAT) model domain. The WNAT model domain encompasses the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the North Atlantic Ocean east to the 60°W Meridian. Herein, we pay particular attention to the area surrounding the Bahamas.

A bathymetric data set with fine resolution is employed in seven separate linear, harmonic simulations of shallow water tidal flow for seven different tidal-forcing constituents. Each set of simulation results is used to perform a truncation error analysis of a linear, harmonic form of the depth-averaged momentum equations for each of the seven different tidal-forcing frequencies. Truncation error is then driven to a more uniform, domain-wide value by solving for local node spacing requirements. The process is built upon successful research aiming to produce unstructured grids for large-scale domains that can be used in the accurate and efficient modeling of shallow water flow. The methodology described herein can also be transferred to other modeling applications.     

Optimal control applied to water flow using second order adjoint method

This paper presents an optimal control applied to water flow using the first and second order adjoint equations. The gradient of the performance function with respect to control variables is analytically obtained by the first order adjoint equation. It is not necessary to compute the Hessian matrix directly using the second order adjoint equation. Two numerical studies have been performed to show the adaptability of the present method. The performance of the second order adjoint method is compared with that of the weighted gradient method, Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno method and Lanczos method. The precise forms of the adjoint equations and the gradient to use for the minimisation algorithm are derived. The computation by the Lanczos method is shown as superior to those of the other methods discussed in this paper. The message passing interface library is used for the communication of parallel computing.     

Nonlinear water wave interaction with floating bodies in SPH

A weakly compressible SPH solver is presented for applications involving nonlinear interaction between water waves and floating bodies. A complete algorithm able to compute fully coupled viscous Fluid–Solid interactions is described. No slip boundary condition on the solid surface is enforced through a ghost–fluid technique and the global loads are evaluated through the momentum exchange between fluid and ghost particles. A dedicated algorithm is developed to manage the intersection between the free surface and the solid profile. An explicit synchronous algorithm is proposed for the full coupling between fluid and rigid bodies. Stability, convergence and conservation properties are tested on several freely floating test cases and a final validation of the full algorithm is performed for the interaction between a 2-D box and a wave packet.     

Finite Volume Multilevel Approximation of the Shallow Water Equations

The authors consider a simple transport equation in one-dimensional space and the linearized shallow water equations in two-dimensional space, and describe and implement a multilevel finite-volume discretization in the context of the utilization of the incremental unknowns. The numerical stability of the method is proved in both cases.     

The generalized dock problem

We show existence and uniqueness for a linearized water wave problem in a two dimensional domain G with corner, formed by two semi-axes Γ₁ and Γ₂ which intersect under an angle α?∈?(0,?π]. The existence and uniqueness of the solution is proved by considering an auxiliary mixed problem with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The latter guarantees the existence of the Dirichlet to Neumann map. The water wave boundary value problem is then shown to be equivalent to an equation like v_tt ?+?gΛv?=?P_t with initial conditions, where t stands for time, g is the gravitational constant, P means pressure and Λ is the Dirichlet to Neumann map. We then prove that Λ is a positive self-adjoint operator.