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Given a fluid equation with reduced Lagrangian $l$ which is a functional of velocity $\MM{u}$ and advected density $D$ given in Eulerian coordinates, we give a general method for semidiscretising the equations to give a canonical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Colin Cotter

Many problems in electrical engineering or fluid mechanics can be modeled by parabolic-elliptic interface problems, where the domain for the exterior elliptic problem might be unbounded. A possibility to solve this class of problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-15 Christoph Erath , Robert Schorr

Modeling and direct numerical simulation of particle-laden flows have a tremendous variety of applications in science and engineering across a vast spectrum of scales from pollution dispersion in the atmosphere, to fluidization in the…

In this paper, the Immersed Boundary Method (IBM) proposed by Pinelli is implemented for finite volume approximations of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations solutions in the open source toolbox OpenFOAM version 2.2. Solid obstacles are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-09-15 E. Constant , C. Li , J. Favier , M. Meldi , P. Meliga , E. Serre

We recently derived the unified continuum and variational multiscale formulation for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) using the Gibbs free energy. Restricting our attention to vascular FSI, we now reduce this arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 Ingrid S. Lan , Ju Liu , Weiguang Yang , Alison L. Marsden

This paper presents a quasi-monolithic localized high-order arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (qMLH-ALE) finite element method for multi-scale fluid-structure interaction (FSI) in microfluidic systems. The fluid momentum, the incompressible…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Lingyue Shen , Qi Xin , Yan Chen , Jiarui Han , Yumiao Zhang , Jinchao Xu , Shihua Gong

Robust, broadly applicable fluid-structure interaction (FSI) algorithms remain a challenge for computational mechanics. In previous work, we introduced an immersed interface method (IIM) for discrete surfaces and an extension based on an…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-11-14 Qi Sun , Ebrahim M. Kolahdouz , Boyce E. Griffith

The paper introduces a fully discrete quasi-Lagrangian finite element method for a monolithic formulation of a fluid-porous structure interaction problem. The method is second order in time and allows a standard $P_2-P_1$ (Taylor--Hood)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-13 Alexander Lozovskiy , Maxim A. Olshanskii , Yuri V. Vassilevski

Based upon two overlapped, body-unfitted meshes, a type of unified-field monolithic fictitious domain-finite element method (UFMFD-FEM) is developed in this paper for moving interface problems of dynamic fluid-structure interactions (FSI)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-21 Cheng Wang , Pengtao Sun , Yumiao Zhang , Jinchao Xu , Yan Chen , Jiarui Han

The problem of determining the manner in which an incoming acoustic wave is scattered by an elastic body immersed in a fluid is one of central importance in detecting and identifying submerged objects. The problem is generally referred to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-06-10 George C. Hsiao , Francisco-Javier Sayas , Richard J. Weinacht

In this paper a novel application of the (high-order) $H(\text{div})$-conforming Hybrid Discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for monolithic fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is presented. The Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE)…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-08-24 Michael Neunteufel , Joachim Schöberl

The direct-forcing immersed boundary method (DF-IBM) algorithm previously developed by the authors is extended by coupling the Navier-Stokes equations with the Newton-Euler equations for rigid body dynamics within the DF-IBM framework. This…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-28 E. Farah , A. Ouahsine , P. G. Verdin , B. Kaoui

In this work we consider how surface-adherent bacterial biofilm communities respond in flowing systems. We simulate the fluid-structure interaction and separation process using the immersed boundary method. In these simulations we model and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-18 Jason F. Hammond , Elizabeth J. Stewart , John G. Younger , Michael J. Solomon , David M. Bortz

The Immersed Boundary method has evolved into one of the most useful computational methods in studying fluid structure interaction. On the other hand, the Immersed Boundary method is also known to suffer from a severe timestep stability…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2009-11-13 Thomas Y. Hou , Zuoqiang Shi

Magneto-hydrodynamics is one of the foremost models in plasma physics with applications in inertial confinement fusion, astrophysics and elsewhere. Advanced numerical methods are needed to get an insight into the complex physical phenomena.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-29 Jan Nikl , Milan Kuchařík , Stefan Weber

Using a fixed Eulerian mesh, the phase-field method has been successfully utilized for a broad range of moving boundary problems involving multiphase fluids and single-phase fluid-structure interaction. Nevertheless, multiphase fluids…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-02-19 Xiaoyu Mao , Rajeev Jaiman

Isogeometric analysis was proposed to bridge the gap between computer-aided design and numerical discretization. However, standard multi-patch isogeometric analysis mandates conformal discretizations across patch interfaces, posing…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Yusuf T. Elbadry , Giuliano Guarino , Pablo Antolín , Oliver Weeger

We develop computational methods that incorporate shear into fluctuating hydrodynamics methods. We are motivated by the rheological responses of complex fluids and soft materials. Our approach is based on continuum stochastic hydrodynamic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-02-28 Paul J. Atzberger

In fractured natural formations, the equations governing fluid flow and geomechanics are strongly coupled. Hydrodynamical properties depend on the mechanical configuration, and they are therefore difficult to accurately resolve using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Matteo Cusini , Joshua A. White , Nicola Castelletto , Randolph R. Settgast

We review a scalable two- and three-dimensional computer code for low-temperature plasma simulations in multi-material complex geometries. Our approach is based on embedded boundary (EB) finite volume discretizations of the minimal…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Robert Marskar