Deforming fluid domains within the finite element method: five mesh-based tracking methods in comparison

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DOI10.1007/S11831-015-9143-2zbMATH Open1348.76099arXiv1501.05878OpenAlexW2022532762WikidataQ113323452 ScholiaQ113323452MaRDI QIDQ338796FDOQ338796


Authors: S. Elgeti, H. Sauerland Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 7 November 2016

Published in: Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Fluid flow applications can involve a number of coupled problems. One is the simulation of free-surface flows, which require the solution of a free-boundary problem. Within this problem, the governing equations of fluid flow are coupled with a domain deformation approach. This work reviews five of those approaches: interface tracking using a boundary-conforming mesh and, in the interface capturing context, the level-set method, the volume-of-fluid method, particle methods, as well as the phase-field method. The history of each method is presented in combination with the most recent developments in the field. Particularly, the topics of extended finite elements (XFEM) and NURBS-based methods, such as Isogeometric Analysis (IGA), are addressed. For illustration purposes, two applications have been chosen: two-phase flow involving drops or bubbles and sloshing tanks. The challenges of these applications, such as the geometrically correct representation of the free surface or the incorporation of surface tension forces, are discussed.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.05878




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