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We present a monolithic approach to large-deformation fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems that allows for choosing fully implicit, single-step and single-stage time integration schemes in the structure and fluid field independently,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-25 Matthias Mayr , Thomas Klöppel , Wolfgang A. Wall , Michael W. Gee

This article introduces, and reviews recent work using, a simple optimisation technique for analysing the nonlinear stability of a state in a dynamical system. The technique can be used to identify the most efficient way to disturb a system…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-08-18 R. R. Kerswell , C. C. T. Pringle , A. P. Willis

We consider the problem of finding optimal shapes of fluid domains. The fluid obeys the Navier--Stokes equations. Inside a holdall container we use a phase field approach using diffuse interfaces to describe the domain of free flow. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-15 Harald Garcke , Claudia Hecht , Michael Hinze , Christian Kahle

Typical topology optimization methods require complex iterative calculations, which cannot meet the requirements of fast computing applications. The neural network is studied to reduce the time of computing the optimization result, however,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-01-12 Ce Guan , Jianyu Zhang , Zhen Li , Yongbo Deng

Element-based topology optimization algorithms capable of generating smooth boundaries have drawn serious attention given the significance of accurate boundary information in engineering applications. The basic framework of a new…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-01-11 Yun-Fei Fu , Bernard Rolfe , Ngai Sum Louis Chiu , Yanan Wang , Xiaodong Huang , Kazem Ghabraie

In this article we present a goal-oriented adaptive finite element method for a class of subsurface flow problems in porous media, which exhibit seepage faces. We focus on a representative case of the steady state flows governed by a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Ben Ashby , Cassiano Bortolozo , Alex Lukyanov , Tristan Pryer

In this paper we develop a simple finite element method for simulation of embedded layers of high permeability in a matrix of lower permeability using a basic model of Darcy flow in embedded cracks. The cracks are allowed to cut through the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

In this paper we apply topology optimization to micro-structured superhydrophobic surfaces for the first time. It has been experimentally observed that a droplet suspended on a brush of micrometric posts shows a high static contact angle…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-02-28 A. Cavalli , P. Bøggild , F. Okkels

Topology optimization is an essential tool in computational engineering, for example, to improve the design and efficiency of flow channels. At the same time, Ising machines, including digital or quantum annealers, have been used as…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-11-14 Yudai Suzuki , Shiori Aoki , Fabian Key , Katsuhiro Endo , Yoshiki Matsuda , Shu Tanaka , Marek Behr , Mayu Muramatsu

This paper treats topology optimization of natural convection problems. A simplified model is suggested to describe the flow of an incompressible fluid in steady state conditions, similar to Darcy's law for fluid flow in porous media. The…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-12-02 Nicolo Pollini , Ole Sigmund , Casper Schousboe Andreasen , Joe Alexandersen

A common problem in the optimization of structures is the handling of uncertainties in the parameters. If the parameters appear in the constraints, the uncertainties can lead to an infinite number of constraints. Usually the constraints…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-05-01 Daniel P. Mohr , Ina Stein , Thomas Matzies , Christina A. Knapek

We present an immersed boundary method to simulate the creeping motion of a rigid particle in a fluid described by the Stokes equations discretized thanks to a finite element strategy on unfitted meshes, called Phi-FEM, that uses the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-30 Michel Duprez , Vanessa Lleras , Alexei Lozinski

We apply a novel optimization scheme from the image processing and machine learning areas, a fast Primal-Dual method, to achieve controllable and realistic fluid simulations. While our method is generally applicable to many problems in…

Graphics · Computer Science 2017-04-10 Tiffany Inglis , Marie-Lena Eckert , James Gregson , Nils Thuerey

Chaotic free surface flows are challenging problems to simulate numerically, mainly due to the significant changes in geometry and frequent topological changes. Methods that track the evolution of the fluid in a Lagrangian formulation are a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-24 Thomas Leyssens , Jonathan Lambrechts , Jean-François Remacle

We model incompressible flows with an adaptive stabilized finite element method Stokes flows, which solves a discretely stable saddle-point problem to approximate the velocity-pressure pair. Additionally, this saddle-point problem delivers…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-19 Felix Kyburg , Sergio Rojas , Victor M. Calo

In traditional topology optimization, the computing time required to iteratively update the material distribution within a design domain strongly depends on the complexity or size of the problem, limiting its application in real engineering…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Gabriel Garayalde , Matteo Torzoni , Matteo Bruggi , Alberto Corigliano

In this paper we investigate a nonlinear fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problem involving the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe the flow of an incompressible, viscous fluid in a 3D domain interacting with a thin viscoelastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Sunčica Čanić , Boris Muha , Krutika Tawri

This paper introduces a heuristic topology optimization framework for thin-walled, 2D extruded lattice structures subject to complex high-speed loading. The proposed framework optimizes the wall thickness distribution in the lattice cross…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-24 Junyan He , Shashank Kushwaha , Diab Abueidda , Iwona Jasiuk

We present a topological framework for finding low-flop algorithms for evaluating element stiffness matrices associated with multilinear forms for finite element methods posed over straight-sided affine domains. This framework relies on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-05-15 Robert C. Kirby , Anders Logg , L. Ridgway Scott , Andy R. Terrel

This work focuses on the development and analysis of a partitioned numerical method for moving domain, fluid-structure interaction problems. We model the fluid using incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, and the structure using linear…

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