Pseudo-divergence-free element free Galerkin method for incompressible fluid flow

Incompressible modeling in finite elements has been a major concern since its early developments and has been extensively studied. However, incompressibility in mesh-free methods is still an open topic. Thus, instabilities or locking can preclude the use of mesh-free approximations in such problems....

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Autores: Huerta, Antonio|||0000-0003-4198-3798, Vidal Seguí, Yolanda|||0000-0003-4964-6948, Villon, Pierre
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/8507
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/8507
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2003.12.010
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fluid dynamics--Mathematical models
Galerkin methods
Locking
Element free Galerkin
Diffuse derivatives
Moving least squares
Incompressible flow
LBB condition
Dinàmica de fluids -- Mètodes numèrics
Galerkin, Mètodes de
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de fluids
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Anàlisi numèrica::Mètodes en elements finits
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Sumario:Incompressible modeling in finite elements has been a major concern since its early developments and has been extensively studied. However, incompressibility in mesh-free methods is still an open topic. Thus, instabilities or locking can preclude the use of mesh-free approximations in such problems. Here, a novel mesh-free formulation is proposed for incompressible flow. It is based on defining a pseudo-divergence-free interpolation space. That is, the finite dimensional interpolation space approaches a divergence-free space when the discretization is refined. Note that such an interpolation does not include any overhead in the computations. The numerical evaluations are performed using the inf–sup numerical test and two well-known benchmark examples for Stokes flow.