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A Numerical Scheme for Non-Newtonian Fluids and Plastic Solids under the GPR Model

Computational Physics 2019-05-01 v1

Abstract

A method for modelling non-Newtonian fluids (dilatants and pseudoplastics) by a power law under the Godunov-Peshkov-Romenski model is presented, along with a new numerical scheme for solving this system. The scheme is also modified to solve the corresponding system for power-law elastoplastic solids. The scheme is based on a temporal operator splitting, with the homogeneous system solved using a finite volume method based on a WENO reconstruction, and the temporal ODEs solved using an analytical approximate solution. The method is found to perform favorably against problems with known exact solutions, and numerical solutions published in the open literature. It is simple to implement, and to the best of the authors' knowledge it is currently the only method for solving this modified version of the GPR model.

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@article{arxiv.1811.04766,
  title  = {A Numerical Scheme for Non-Newtonian Fluids and Plastic Solids under the GPR Model},
  author = {Haran Jackson and Nikos Nikiforakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.04766},
  year   = {2019}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1702.01814