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We propose a finite element method for simulating one-dimensional solid models moving and experiencing large deformations while immersed in generalized Newtonian fluids. The method is oriented towards applications involving microscopic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Roberto F. Ausas , Cristian G. Gebhardt , Gustavo C. Buscaglia

We present a simple modification of the direct-forcing immersed boundary method (IBM) proposed by Uhlmann [J. Comput. Phys, 2005] in order to enable it to be applied to particulate flows with solid-to-fluid density ratios around unity. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-21 Manuel Garcia-Villalba , Blanca Fuentes , Jan Dusek , Manuel Moriche , Markus Uhlmann

The immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM) has been widely used in the simulation of fluid-solid interaction and particulate flow problems, since proposed in 2004. However, it is usually a non-trivial task to retain the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-03-28 Shi Tao , Qing He , Baiman Chen , Simin Huang

A precise domain triangulation is recognized as indispensable for the accurate numerical approximation of differential operators within collocation methods, leading to a substantial reduction in discretization errors. An efficient finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-15 G. Shylaja , V. Kesavulu Naidu , B. Venkatesh , S. M. Mallikarjunaiah

We present a novel method for fluid structure interaction (FSI) simulations where an original 2nd-order curved space lattice Boltzmann fluid solver (LBM) is coupled to a finite element method (FEM) for thin shells. The LBM can work…

Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) can be investigated by means of non-linear Finite Element Models (FEM), suitable to capture large deflections of structural parts interacting with fluids, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). High…

We consider a fully discrete loosely coupled scheme for incompressible fluid-structure interaction based on the time semi-discrete splitting method introduced in {\emph{[Burman, Durst \& Guzm\'an, arXiv:1911.06760]}}. The splittling method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-09 Erik Burman , Rebecca Durst , Miguel A. Fernández , Johnny Guzmán

We develop stochastic mixed finite element methods for spatially adaptive simulations of fluid-structure interactions when subject to thermal fluctuations. To account for thermal fluctuations, we introduce a discrete fluctuation-dissipation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-28 Pat Plunkett , Jon Hu , Chris Siefert , Paul J. Atzberger

The Immersed Boundary (IB) method is a mathematical framework for constructing robust numerical methods to study fluid-structure interaction in problems involving an elastic structure immersed in a viscous fluid. The IB formulation uses an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-23 Yuanxun Bao , Aleksandar Donev , Boyce E. Griffith , David M. McQueen , Charles S. Peskin

This paper presents an approach to enhance volume conservation in the immersed boundary (IB) method by using regularized delta functions derived from composite B-splines. The conventional IB method, while effective for fluid-structure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Cole Gruninger , Boyce E. Griffith

The context of this paper is the simulation of parameter-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs). When the aim is to solve such PDEs for a large number of parameter values, Reduced Basis Methods (RBM) are often used to reduce…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Elise Grosjean , Yvon Maday

Simulating the interaction of fluids with immersed moving solids is playing an important role for gaining a better quantitative understanding of how fluid dynamics is altered by the presence of obstacles and which forces are exerted on the…

This research explores the development and application of the High-Order Dynamic Integration Method for solving integro-differential equations, with a specific focus on turbulent fluid dynamics. Traditional numerical methods, such as the…

We explore a new way to handle flux boundary conditions imposed on level sets. The proposed approach is a diffuse interface version of the shifted boundary method (SBM) for continuous Galerkin discretizations of conservation laws in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-11 Dmitri Kuzmin , Jan-Phillip Bäcker

This work describes three diffuse-interface methods for the simulation of immiscible, compressible multiphase fluid flows and elastic-plastic deformation in solids. The first method is the localized-artificial-diffusivity approach of Cook…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-09-21 Suhas S. Jain , Michael C. Adler , Jacob R. West , Ali Mani , Parviz Moin , Sanjiva K. Lele

Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulation of biological systems presents significant computational challenges, particularly for applications involving large structural deformations and contact mechanics, such as heart valve dynamics.…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-02-13 Ryan T. Black , Steve A. Maas , Wensi Wu , Jalaj Maheshwari , Tzanio Kolev , Jeffrey A. Weiss , Matthew A. Jolley

The deformation of an initially spherical capsule, freely suspended in simple shear flow, can be computed analytically in the limit of small deformations [D. Barthes-Biesel, J. M. Rallison, The Time-Dependent Deformation of a Capsule Freely…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-08-10 Timm Krüger , Fathollah Varnik , Dierk Raabe

This paper is concerned with mixed finite element method (FEM) for solving the two-dimensional, nonlinear fourth-order active fluid equations. By introducing an auxiliary variable $w=-\Delta u$, the original fourth problem is transformed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Nan Zheng , Xu Guo , Wenlong Pei , Wenju Zhao

Partitioned methods for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) involve solving the structural and flow problems sequentially. These methods allow for separate settings for the fluid and solid subsystems and thus modularity, enabling reuse of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-06-05 A. Aissa-Berraies , Ferdinando A. Auricchio , Gertjan van Zwieten , E. Harald van Brummelen

This article surveys research on the application of compatible finite element methods to large scale atmosphere and ocean simulation. Compatible finite element methods extend Arakawa's C-grid finite difference scheme to the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-14 Colin J. Cotter