A Newton-Raphson pseudo-solid domain mapping technique for free and moving boundary problems: A finite element implementation (Q1913785)

This paper presents a new technique for solving free boundary value or moving boundary value problems. The technique uses a pseudo-solid representation of the mesh, where the mesh responds to distinguishing conditions on domain boundaries and as a linearly elastic solid on the interior domain. A Newton-Raphson method is used for solving the nonlinear equations resulting from finite element discretization of the physical problems and the mesh equations. The power of this method had been demonstrated on problems from the areas of capillary hydrodynamics, polymer and metal processing, although its use is not restricted to these areas. One advantage of this mesh movement algorithm is that it is a completely general one. The use of Newton's method with discrete elimination has some advantages: rapid convergence to the solution within four or five Newton iterations, facilitated convergence using first-order parameter costrategies, a Jacobian matrix for sensitivity and stability analysis.