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In this work a simple problem on 2D optimal shape for body immersed in a viscous flow is analyzed. The body has geometrical constraints and its profile would be found in the class of cubics which satisfy those conditions. The optimal…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2008-10-10 Gianluca Argentini

We present a computational framework to address the flow of two immiscible viscous liquids which co-flow into a shallow rectangular container at one side, and flow out into a holding container at the opposite side. Assumptions based on the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-09-02 Shahriar Afkhami , Yuriko Renardy

Invariant solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations play an important role in the spatiotemporally chaotic dynamics of turbulent shear flows. Despite the significance of these solutions, their identification remains a computational…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-10-11 Omid Ashtari , Tobias M. Schneider

This work aims to improve fuel chamber injectors' performance in turbofan engines, thus implying improved performance and reduction of pollutants. This requires the development of models that allow real-time prediction and improvement of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-21 León Mata , Rodrigo Abadía-Heredia , Manuel Lopez-Martin , José M. Pérez , Soledad Le Clainche

In this work, we present a parametric finite element approximation of two-phase Navier-Stokes flow with viscoelasticity. The free boundary problem is given by the viscoelastic Navier-Stokes equations in the two fluid phases, connected by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg , Dennis Trautwein

Reduced-order modeling lies at the interface of numerical analysis and data-driven scientific computing, providing principled ways to compress high-fidelity simulations in science and engineering. We propose a training framework that…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Donglin Liu , Francisco García Atienza , Mengwu Guo

We propose and analyze two convection quasi-robust and pressure robust finite element methods for a fully nonlinear time-dependent magnetohydrodynamics problem. Both methods employ the $H_{\rm div}$ conforming BDM element coupled with an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-12 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi , G. Vacca

Aerodynamic shape optimization (ASO) involves finding an optimal surface while constraining a set of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDE). The conventional approaches use quasi-Newton methods operating in the reduced-space, where…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-30 Doug Shi-Dong , Siva Nadarajah

Adjoints are used in optimization to speed-up computations, simplify optimality conditions or compute sensitivities. Because time is reversed in adjoint equations with first order time derivatives, boundary conditions and transmission…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2011-04-12 Frederic Alauzet , Olivier Pironneau

Detailed understanding of the coupling between fluid flow and solid deformation in porous media is crucial for the development biomedical devices and novel energy technologies relating to a wide range of geological and biological processes.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-22 Francisco J. Carrillo

The accuracy and stability of implicit CFD codes are frequently impaired by the decoupling between variables, which can ultimately lead to numerical divergence. Coupled solvers, which solve all the governing equations simultaneously, have…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-09-24 Francisco Pimenta , Manuel A. Alves

A nonlinear multigrid solver for two-phase flow and transport in a mixed fractional-flow velocity-pressure-saturation formulation is proposed. The solver, which is under the framework of the full approximation scheme (FAS), extends our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Chak Shing Lee , François P. Hamon , Nicola Castelletto , Panayot S. Vassilevski , Joshua A. White

A model for the development of turbulent shear flows, created by non-uniform parallel flows in a confining channel, is used to identify the diffuser shape that maximises pressure recovery when the inflow is non-uniform. Wide diffuser angles…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-04-09 GP Benham , IJ Hewitt , CP Please , P Bird

This paper deals with the interactions of waves governed by a non-linear dispersive Boussinesq type system with the vertical displacement of a cylindrical floating structure in an axisymmetric without swirl situation. The Boussinesq regime…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-07 Geoffrey Beck , Ewan Contentin , Ludovic Martaud

The manuscript is concerned with a continuous adjoint complement to two-dimensional, incompressible, first-order boundary-layer equations for a flat plate boundary-layer. The text is structured into three parts. The first part demonstrates,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-03-31 Niklas Kühl , Peter M. Müller , Thomas Rung

The design of structures and vehicles subject to fluid-structure interaction (FSI) often requires high-fidelity coupled analysis. While the design variables pertain to the structure, the computational cost is dominated by the fluid solver,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Aditya Narkhede , Erick Rivas , Kevin Wang

Fish swim by undulating their bodies. These propulsive motions require coordinated shape changes of a body that interacts with its fluid environment, but the specific shape coordination that leads to robust turning and swimming motions…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2021-05-19 Yusheng Jiao , Feng Ling , Sina Heydari , Nicolas Heess , Josh Merel , Eva Kanso

A proof of convergence is given for a novel evolving surface finite element semi-discretization of Willmore flow of closed two-dimensional surfaces, and also of surface diffusion flow. The numerical method proposed and studied here…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-31 Balázs Kovács , Buyang Li , Christian Lubich

This paper is concerned with a numerical simulation of shape optimization in a two-dimensional viscous incompressible flow governed by Navier--Stokes equations with mixed boundary conditions containing the pressure. The minimization problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhiming Gao , Yichen Ma

An algorithm is proposed for generalized mean curvature flow of closed two-dimensional surfaces, which include inverse mean curvature flow, powers of mean and inverse mean curvature flow, etc. Error estimates are proven for semi- and full…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-16 Tim Binz , Balázs Kovács