TY - JOUR
T1 - Interface-tracking and interface-capturing techniques for finite element computation of moving boundaries and interfaces
AU - Tezduyar, Tayfun E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the US Army Natick Soldier Center and NASA JSC.
PY - 2006/4/15
Y1 - 2006/4/15
N2 - We provide an overview of some of the interface-tracking and interface-capturing techniques we developed for finite element computation of flow problems with moving boundaries and interfaces. This category of flow problems includes fluid-particle, fluid-object and fluid-structure interactions; free-surface and two-fluid flows; and flows with moving mechanical components. Both classes of techniques are based on stabilized formulations. The interface-tracking techniques are based on the deforming-spatial-domain/stabilized space-time (DSD/SST) formulation, where the mesh moves to track the interface. The interface-capturing techniques, developed primarily for free-surface and two-fluid interface flows, are formulated typically over non-moving meshes, using an advection equation in addition to the flow equations. The advection equation governs the evolution of an interface function that marks the location of the interface. We also highlight some of the methods we developed to increase the scope and accuracy of these two classes of techniques.
AB - We provide an overview of some of the interface-tracking and interface-capturing techniques we developed for finite element computation of flow problems with moving boundaries and interfaces. This category of flow problems includes fluid-particle, fluid-object and fluid-structure interactions; free-surface and two-fluid flows; and flows with moving mechanical components. Both classes of techniques are based on stabilized formulations. The interface-tracking techniques are based on the deforming-spatial-domain/stabilized space-time (DSD/SST) formulation, where the mesh moves to track the interface. The interface-capturing techniques, developed primarily for free-surface and two-fluid interface flows, are formulated typically over non-moving meshes, using an advection equation in addition to the flow equations. The advection equation governs the evolution of an interface function that marks the location of the interface. We also highlight some of the methods we developed to increase the scope and accuracy of these two classes of techniques.
KW - Enhanced discretization and solution
KW - Interface-capturing
KW - Interface-tracking
KW - Moving boundaries and interfaces
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cma.2004.09.018
DO - 10.1016/j.cma.2004.09.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33645087380
VL - 195
SP - 2983
EP - 3000
JO - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
JF - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
SN - 0374-2830
IS - 23-24
ER -