On the Numerical Simulation of the Free Fall Problem

Sebastian Bönisch (), Vincent Heuveline () and Rolf Rannacher ()
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Sebastian Bönisch: University of Heidelberg, Numerical Analysis Group, IWR
Vincent Heuveline: University of Heidelberg, Numerical Analysis Group, IWR
Rolf Rannacher: University of Heidelberg, Numerical Analysis Group, IWR

A chapter in Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Processes, 2005, pp 47-56 from Springer

Abstract: Summary 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. Informations given by the solution of an adequate dual problem allow to control the discretization error of given functionals. The analysis encompasses the control of the the hydrodynamic force and torque on the body. Numerical experiments for the two dimensional sedimentation problem validate the method.

Keywords: Finite element method; a posteriori error estimation; free steady fall problem; fluid-structure coupling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27170-8_4

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