Stokes and Navier–Stokes equations with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions

In this paper, we study the existence and regularity of solutions to the Stokes and Oseen equations with nonhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions with low regularity. We consider boundary conditions for which the normal component is not equal to zero. We rewrite the Stokes and the Oseen equations in the form of a system of two equations. The first one is an evolution equation satisfied by Pu, the projection of the solution on the Stokes space – the space of divergence free vector fields with a normal trace equal to zero – and the second one is a quasi-stationary elliptic equation satisfied by (I−P)u, the projection of the solution on the orthogonal complement of the Stokes space. We establish optimal regularity results for Pu and (I−P)u. We also study the existence of weak solutions to the three-dimensional instationary Navier–Stokes equations for more regular data, but without any smallness assumption on the initial and boundary conditions.     

Pointwise error estimates for a generalized Oseen problem and an application to an optimal control problem

We derive pointwise error estimates for a generalized Oseen when it is approximated by a low order Taylor‐Hood finite element scheme in two dimensions. The analysis is based on estimates for regularized Green's functions associated with a generalized Oseen problem on weighted Sobolev spaces and weighted interpolation results. We apply the maximum norm results to obtain convergence in an optimal control problem governed by a generalized Oseen equation and present a numerical example that allows us to show the behavior of the error.     

The method of fundamental solutions for the Oseen steady‐state viscous flow past obstacles of known or unknown shapes

In this paper, the steady‐state Oseen viscous flow equations past a known or unknown obstacle are solved numerically using the method of fundamental solutions (MFS), which is free of meshes, singularities, and numerical integrations. The direct problem is linear and well‐posed, whereas the inverse problem is nonlinear and ill‐posed. For the direct problem, the MFS computations of the fluid flow characteristics (velocity, pressure, drag, and lift coefficients) are in very good agreement with the previously published results obtained using other methods for the Oseen flow past circular and elliptic cylinders, as well as past two circular cylinders. In the inverse obstacle problem the boundary data and the internal measurement of the fluid velocity are minimized using the MATLAB^© optimization toolbox lsqnonlin routine. Regularization was found necessary in the case the measured data are contaminated with noise. Numerical results show accurate and stable reconstructions of various star‐shaped obstacles of circular, bean, or peanut cross‐section.     

First‐order system least squares for the Oseen equations

Following earlier work for Stokes equations, a least squares functional is developed for two‐ and three‐dimensional Oseen equations. By introducing a velocity flux variable and associated curl and trace equations, ellipticity is established in an appropriate product norm. The form of Oseen equations examined here is obtained by linearizing the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. An algorithm is presented for approximately solving steady‐state, incompressible Navier–Stokes equations with a nested iteration‐Newton‐FOSLS‐AMG iterative scheme, which involves solving a sequence of Oseen equations. Some numerical results for Kovasznay flow are provided. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A dimensional split preconditioner for Stokes and linearized Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper we introduce a new preconditioner for linear systems of saddle point type arising from the numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations. Our approach is based on a dimensional splitting of the problem along the components of the velocity field, resulting in a convergent fixed-point iteration. The basic iteration is accelerated by a Krylov subspace method like restarted GMRES. The corresponding preconditioner requires at each iteration the solution of a set of discrete scalar elliptic equations, one for each component of the velocity field. Numerical experiments illustrating the convergence behavior for different finite element discretizations of Stokes and Oseen problems are included.     

A numerical method for the viscous incompressible Oseen flow in shape reconstruction

This paper is concerned with the shape reconstruction of a bounded domain with a viscous incompressible fluid driven by the Oseen equations. For the approximate solution of the ill-posed and nonlinear problem we propose a regularized Gauss-Newton method. A theoretical foundation for the method is given by establishing the differentiability of the boundary value problem with respect to the boundary in the sense of the domain derivative. The results of several numerical experiments show that our theory is useful for practical purpose, and the proposed algorithm is feasible.     

Flow pattern analysis of linear gradient flow distribution

This paper uses the Oseen transformation to solve the differential equations governing motion of the vertical linear gradient flow distribution close to a wall surface. The Navier-Stokes equations are used to consider the inertia term along the flow direction. A novel contour integral method is used to solve the complex Airy function. The boundary conditions of linear gradient flow distribution for finite problems are determined. The vorticity function, the pressure function, and the turbulent velocity profiles are provided, and the stability of particle trajectories is studied. An L_x-function form of the third derivative circulation is used to to simplify the solution. Theoretical results are compared with the experimental measurements with satisfactory agreement.     

AN ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY CONDITION FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS FLOWS USING THE METHOD OF LINES

We design an artificial boundary condition for the steady incompressible Navier–Stokes equations in streamfunction–vorticity formulation in a flat channel with slip boundary conditions on the wall. The new boundary condition is derived from the Oseen equations and the method of lines. A numerical experiment for the non-linear Navier–Stokes equations is presented. The artificial boundary condition is compared with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions for the flow past a rectangular cylinder in a flat channel. The numerical results show that our boundary condition is more accurate.     

Brownian dynamics simulation of two confined colloidal particles

The dynamics of two confined colloidal particles is studied by means of Brownian dynamics simulation. The autocorrelation function and cross-correlation function of the two colloidal spheres are computed by utilizing the formulae of hydrodynamic diffusion matrix expanded to different orders, as well as the accurate tensor through numerical algorithm. Furthermore, the numerical results are compared with the experimental results and the theoretical approximation. It is found that the relatively simple theoretical approximation gives good predictions when two spheres are far away from each other, but fails when the two spheres are very close.