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In this study, a shape optimization problem for the two-dimensional stationary Navier--Stokes equations with an artificial boundary condition is considered. The fluid is assumed to be flowing through a rectangular channel, and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-10 John Sebastian H. Simon , Hirofumi Notsu

Topological techniques are used to study the motions of systems of point vortices in the infinite plane, in singly-periodic arrays, and in doubly-periodic lattices. The reduction of each system using its symmetries is described in detail.…

chao-dyn · Physics 2007-05-23 Philip Boyland , Mark Stremler , Hassan Aref

A comprehensive scheme for the spatial discretisation of continuity equation, momentum advection and normal and shear stresses at the fluid interfaces is presented for numerically simulating the incompressible two phase flows based on the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-08-11 Jun-De Li

In the theory of the Navier-Stokes equations, the viscous fluid in incompressible flow is modelled as a homogeneous and dense assemblage of constituent "fluid particles" with viscous stress proportional to rate of strain. The crucial…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-23 Wennan Zou

We propose a fluid-based topology optimization methodology for convective heat-transfer problems that can manage an extensive number of design variables, enabling the fine geometric features required for the next generation of…

The paper extends a stabilized fictitious domain finite element method initially developed for the Stokes problem to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations coupled with a moving solid. This method presents the advantage to predict an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-12 Sébastien Court , Michel Fournié

We apply a phase field approach for a general shape optimization problem of a stationary Navier-Stokes flow. To be precise we add a multiple of the Ginzburg--Landau energy as a regularization to the objective functional and relax the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-07-22 Harald Garcke , Claudia Hecht

We propose an efficient threshold dynamics method for topology optimization for fluids modeled with the Stokes equation. The proposed algorithm is based on minimization of an objective energy function that consists of the dissipation power…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Huangxin Chen , Haitao Leng , Dong Wang , Xiao-Ping Wang

We investigate a complex system involving multiple shapes to be optimized in a domain, taking into account geometric constraints on the shapes and uncertainty appearing in the physics. We connect the differential geometry of product shape…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-16 Caroline Geiersbach , Tim Suchan , Kathrin Welker

We investigate multi-physical topology optimization for microfluidic mixers employing the phase-field model. The optimization problem is formulated using a modified Ginzburg-Landau free energy functional. To eliminate fluid blockage in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-23 Zongyuan Liu , Jiajie Li , Shengfeng Zhu

Physically consistent coupling conditions at the fluid-porous interface with correctly determined effective parameters are necessary for accurate modeling and simulation of various applications. To describe single-fluid-phase flows in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-25 Paula Strohbeck , Elissa Eggenweiler , Iryna Rybak

We propose a two-dimensional flow model of a viscous fluid between two close moving surfaces. We show, using a formal asymptotic expansion of the solution, that its asymptotic behavior, when the distance between the two surfaces tends to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-01 José M. Rodríguez , Raquel Taboada-Vázquez

This paper concerns the construction of traveling wave solutions to the free boundary incompressible Navier-Stokes system. We study a single layer of viscous fluid in a strip-like domain that is bounded below by a flat rigid surface and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-13 Junichi Koganemaru , Ian Tice

We consider the shape optimization of an object in Navier--Stokes flow by employing a combined phase field and porous medium approach, along with additional perimeter regularization. By considering integral control and state constraints, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Harald Garcke , Michael Hinze , Christian Kahle , Kei Fong Lam

The paper considers a system of equations that models a lateral flow of a Boussinesq--Scriven fluid on a passively evolving surface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$. For the resulting Navier-Stokes type system, posed on a smooth closed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-04 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken , Alexander Zhiliakov

Compliant mechanisms actuated by pneumatic loads are receiving increasing attention due to their direct applicability as soft robots that perform tasks using their flexible bodies. Using multiple materials to build them can further improve…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Prabhat Kumar , Josh Pinskier , David Howard , Matthijs Langelaar

We present a novel framework inspired by the Immersed Boundary Method for predicting the fluid-structure interaction of complex structures immersed in flows with moderate to high Reynolds numbers. The main novelties of the proposed…

A mechanical model and finite element method for the simultaneous solution of Stokes and incompressible Navier-Stokes flows on multiple curved surfaces over a bulk domain are proposed. The two-dimensional surfaces are defined implicitly by…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Michael Wolfgang Kaiser , Thomas-Peter Fries

Spaces where each element describes a shape, so-called shape spaces, are of particular interest in shape optimization and its applications. Theory and algorithms in shape optimization are often based on techniques from differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Lidiya Pryymak , Tim Suchan , Kathrin Welker

This paper implements topology optimization on two-dimensional manifolds. In this paper, the material interpolation is implemented on a material parameter in the partial differential equation used to describe a physical field, when this…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Yongbo Deng , Zhenyu Liu , Jan G. Korvink