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Adaptive finite elements for the steady free fall of a body in a Newtonian fluid
Authors:Vincent Heuveline  
Institution:aInstitute for Applied Mathematics, University of Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract:The numerical simulation of the free fall of a solid body in a viscous fluid is a challenging task since it requires computational domains which usually need to be several order of magnitude larger than the solid body in order to avoid the influence of artificial boundaries. Toward an optimal mesh design in that context, we propose a method based on the weighted a posteriori error estimation of the finite element approximation of the fluid/body motion. A key ingredient for the proposed approach is the reformulation of the conservation and kinetic equations in the solid frame as well as the implicit treatment of the hydrodynamic forces and torque acting on the solid body in the weak formulation. Information given by the solution of an adequate dual problem allows one to control the discretization error of given functionals. The analysis encompasses the control of the free fall velocity, the orientation of the body, the hydrodynamic force and torque on the body. Numerical experiments for the two dimensional sedimentation problem validate the method. To cite this article: V. Heuveline, C. R. Mecanique 333 (2005).
Keywords:Computational fluid mechanics  Finite element method  A posteriori error estimation  Free steady fall problem  Particulate flow  Fluid–  structure couplingMots-clé  s:   canaique des fluides numé  rique    thode des é  lements finis  Estimation d'erreur a posteriori  É  coulements particulaires  Couplage fluide–  structure
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