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We propose a mixed finite element method for the motion of a strongly viscous, ideal, and isentropic gas. At the boundary we impose a Navier-slip condition such that the velocity equation can be posed in mixed form with the vorticity as an…
Using recently developed adjoint methods for computing the shape derivatives of functions that depend on MHD equilibria (Antonsen et al. 2019; Paul et al. 2020), we present the first example of analytic gradient-based optimization of…
In this paper, the original discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS) is extended to arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) framework for simulating the low-speed continuum and rarefied flows with moving boundaries. For ALE method, the mesh…
We present a numerical comparison between two standard finite volume schemes and a discontinuous Galerkin method applied to the BGK equation of rarefied gas dynamics. We pay a particular attention to the numerical boundary conditions in…
Calibration of unknown model parameters is a common task in many ocean model applications. We present an adjoint-based optimization of an unstructured mesh shallow water model for the Baltic Sea. Spatially varying bottom friction parameter…
In this paper, we consider the numerical approximation of the quasi-static, linear Biot model in a 3D domain $\Omega$ when the right-hand side of the mass balance equation is concentrated on a 1D line source $\delta_{\Lambda}$. This model…
This work introduces an optimization-based $rp$-adaptive numerical method to approximate solutions of viscous, shock-dominated flows using implicit shock tracking and a high-order discontinuous Galerkin discretization on traditionally…
We propose a deterministic adjoint matching framework that formulates human preference alignment for flow-based generative models as an optimal control problem over velocity fields. One can directly regress the control toward a…
This work presents a partitioned solution procedure to compute shape gradients in fluid-structure interaction (FSI) using black-box adjoint solvers. Special attention is paid to project the gradients onto the undeformed configuration. This…
In this work, we propose an adjoint-based optimization procedure to control the onset of the Rayleigh-B\'enard instability with a melting front. A novel cut cell method is used to solve the Navier-Stokes equations in the Boussinesq…
In the optimization of turbomachinery components, shape sensitivities for fluid dynamical objective functions have been used for a long time. As peak stress is not a differential func- tional of the shape, such highly efficient procedures…
Most of numerical methods for deterministic simulations of rarefied gas flows use the discrete velocity (or discrete ordinate) approximation. In this approach, the kinetic equation is approximated with a global velocity grid. The grid must…
The classical problem of steady rarefied gas flow past an infinitely thin circular disk is revisited, with particular emphasis on the gas behavior near the disk edge. The uniform flow is assumed to be perpendicular to the disk surface. An…
A Cartesian grid method combined with a simplified gas kinetic scheme is presented for subsonic and supersonic viscous flow simulation on complex geometries. Under the Cartesian mesh, the computational grid points are classified into four…
This paper proposes a topology optimization method for non-thermal and thermal fluid problems using the Lattice Kinetic Scheme (LKS).LKS, which is derived from the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM), requires only macroscopic values, such as…
Modelling rarefied gas flow via the Boltzmann equation plays a vital role in many areas. Due to the high dimensionality of this kinetic equation and the coexistence of multiple characteristic scales in the transport processes, conventional…
Gaseous flows under an external force are intrinsically defined by their multi-scale nature due to the large variation of densities along the forcing direction. Devising a numerical method capable of accurately and efficiently solving…
In this paper we consider a shape optimization problem for the minimization of the erosion, that is caused by the impact of inert particles onto the walls of a bended pipe. Using the continuous adjoint approach, we formally compute the…
This paper presents a computational approach for finding the optimal shapes of peristaltic pumps transporting rigid particles in Stokes flow. In particular, we consider shapes that minimize the rate of energy dissipation while pumping a…
Maximum-entropy moment methods allow for the modelling of gases from the continuum regime to strongly rarefied conditions. The development of approximated solutions to the entropy maximization problem has made these methods computationally…