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This work considers a Stokes flow in a deformable fracture interacting with a linear elastic medium. To this end, we employ a phase-field model to approximate the crack dynamics. Phase-field methods belong to interface-capturing approaches…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-15 Henry von Wahl , Thomas Wick

We present a parametric finite element approximation of two-phase flow. This free boundary problem is given by the Stokes equations in the two phases, which are coupled via jump conditions across the interface. Using a novel variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-02 John W. Barrett , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

In this paper, we present a multiscale method for simulations of the multicontinua unsaturated flow problems in heterogeneous fractured porous media. The mathematical model is described by the system of Richards equations for each continuum…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-02 Denis Spiridonov , Maria Vasilyeva , Eric T. Chung

Despite its numerical challenges, finite element method is used to compute viscous fluid flow. A consensus on the cause of numerical problems has been reached; however, general algorithms---allowing a robust and accurate simulation for any…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Bilen Emek Abali

This work proposes a novel variational approximation of partial differential equations on moving geometries determined by explicit boundary representations. The benefits of the proposed formulation are the ability to handle large…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Santiago Badia , Pere A. Martorell , Francesc Verdugo

In this paper we show and discuss the use of a versatile interaction potential approach coupled with an immersed boundary method to simulate a variety of flows involving deformable bodies. In particular, we focus on two kinds of problems,…

We present and analyze a variational front-tracking method for a sharp-interface model of multiphase flow. The fluid interfaces between different phases are represented by curve networks in two space dimensions (2d) or surface clusters in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg , Quan Zhao

Particle-wall interactions play a crucially important role in various applications such as microfluidic devices for cell sorting, particle separation, entire class of hydrodynamic filtration and its derivatives, etc. Yet, accurate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-18 Aryan Mehboudi , Shrawan Singhal , S. V. Sreenivasan

This article presents a multi-physics methodology for the numerical simulation of physical systems that involve the non-linear interaction of multi-phase reactive fluids and elastoplastic solids, inducing high strain-rates and high…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-04 Tim Wallis , Philip T. Barton , Nikolaos Nikiforakis

This work presents a comprehensive framework for enhanced diffusion modeling in fluid-structure interactions by combining the Immersed Boundary Method (IBM) with stochastic trajectories and high-order spectral boundary conditions. Using…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-31 Rômulo Damasclin Chaves dos Santos , Jorge Henrique de Oliveira Sales

Interfacial boundary conditions determined from empirical or ad-hoc models remain the standard approach to model fluid flows over porous media, even in situations where the topology of the porous medium is known. We propose a non-empirical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-01-16 Uǧis Lācis , Shervin Bagheri

This paper presents a new monolithic free-surface formulation that exhibits correct kinetic and potential energy behavior. We focus in particular on the temporal energy behavior of two-fluids flow with varying densities. Correct energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-11 I. Akkerman , M. ten Eikelder

The Stokes equations play an important role in the incompressible flow simulation. In this paper, a novel divergence-free parametric mixed finite element method is proposed for solving three-dimensional Stokes equations on domains with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-19 Lingxiao Li , Haiyan Su , He Zhang , Weiying Zheng

In this paper, a novel immersed boundary method is developed, validated, and applied. Through devising a second-order three-step flow reconstruction scheme, the proposed method is able to enforce the Dirichlet, Neumann, Robin, and Cauchy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-09-10 Huangrui Mo , Fue-Sang Lien , Fan Zhang , Duane S. Cronin

A novel numerical formulation for solving fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems is proposed where the fluid field is spatially discretized using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and the structural field using the finite element…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Sebastian L. Fuchs , Christoph Meier , Wolfgang A. Wall , Christian J. Cyron

We present a mathematical and numerical framework for thin-film fluid flows over planar surfaces including dynamic contact angles. In particular, we provide algorithmic details and an implementation of higher-order spatial and temporal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-15 Dirk Peschka , Luca Heltai

The paper presents a numerical method for simulating flow and mechanics in fractured rock. The governing equations that couple the effects in the rock mass and in the fractures are obtained using the discrete fracture-matrix approach. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-13 Jan Stebel , Jakub Kružík , David Horák , Jan Březina , Michal Béreš

Simulating infiltration in porous media using Richards' equation remains computationally challenging due to its parabolic structure and nonlinear coefficients. While a wide range of numerical methods for differential equations have been…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Arnob Barua , Christopher E. Kees , Dmitri Kuzmin

We present an enhanced immersed interface method for simulating incompressible fluid flows in thin gaps between closely spaced immersed boundaries. This regime, common in engineered structures such as including tribological interfaces and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-17 Michael J. Facci , Qi Sun , Boyce E. Griffith

For most finite element simulations, boundary-conforming meshes have significant advantages in terms of accuracy or efficiency. This is particularly true for complex domains. However, with increased complexity of the domain, generating a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Jan Helmig , Fabian Key , Marek Behr , Stefanie Elgeti