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FREE SURFACE FLOW COMPUTATION USING MOMENT-OF-FLUID AND STABILIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (Moment-Of-Fluid (MOF) 방법과 Stabilized Finite Element 방법을 이용한 자유표면유동계산)

  • Ahn, H.T.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.228-230
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    • 2009
  • The moment-of-fluid (MOF) method is a new volume-tracking method that accurately treats evolving material interfaces. Based on the moment data (volume and centroid) for each material, the material interfaces are reconstructed with second-order spatial accuracy in a strictly conservative manner. The MOF method is coupled with a stabilized finite element incompressible Navier-Stokes solver for two fluids, namely water and air. The effectiveness of the MOF method is demonstrated with a free-surface dam-break problem.

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Large Scale Stabilized Finite Element Simulation and Modeling for Environmental Flows in Urban Area

  • Kashiyama Kazuo
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2006
  • A large-scale finite element simulation and modeling method is presented for environmental flows in urban area. Parallel stabilized finite element method based on domain decomposition method is employed for the numerical simulation. Several GIS and CAD data are used for the preparation of the shape model for landform and urban structures. The present method Is applied to the simulation of flood flow and wind flow In urban area. The present method is shown to be a useful planning and design tool for the natural disasters and the change of environments in urban area.

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A STABILIZED CHARACTERISTIC FINITE VOLUME METHOD FOR TRANSIENT NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS

  • Zhang, Tong
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.29 no.5_6
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    • pp.1205-1219
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    • 2011
  • In this work, a stabilized characteristic finite volume method for the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations is investigated based on the lowest equal-order finite element pair. The temporal differentiation and advection term are dealt with by characteristic scheme. Stability of the numerical solution is derived under some regularity assumptions. Optimal error estimates of the velocity and pressure are obtained by using the relationship between the finite volume and finite element methods.

A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATORS FOR THE STABILIZED LOW-ORDER FINITE ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION OF THE STOKES EQUATIONS BASED ON LOCAL PROBLEMS

  • KIM, KWANG-YEON
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.203-214
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    • 2017
  • In this paper we propose and analyze two a posteriori error estimators for the stabilized $P_1/P_1$ finite element discretization of the Stokes equations. These error estimators are computed by solving local Poisson or Stokes problems on elements of the underlying triangulation. We establish their asymptotic exactness with respect to the velocity error under certain conditions on the triangulation and the regularity of the exact solution.

A novel treatment of nonmatching finite element meshes via MLS approximation with stabilized nodal integration (이동 최소 제곱 근사와 안정화 절점 적분을 이용한 불일치 유한 요소망의 처리)

  • 조영삼;김현규;전석기;임세영
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.591-598
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    • 2002
  • The interface element method for non-matching FEM meshes is extended using stabilized nodal integration. Two non-matching meshes are shown to be joined together compatibly, with the aid of the moving least square approximation. Using stabilized nodal integration, the interface element method is able to satisfy the patch test, which guarantees the convergence of the method.

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Evaluation of extension in service life and layer thickness reduction of stabilized flexible pavement

  • Nagrale, Prashant P.;Patil, Atulya
    • Advances in Computational Design
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.201-212
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    • 2018
  • Decrease in availability of suitable subbase and base course materials for highway construction leads to a search for economic method of converting locally available troublesome soil to suitable one for highway construction. Present study insights on evaluation of benefits of stabilization of subgrade soils in term of extension in service life (TBR) and layer thickness reduction (LTR). Laboratory investigation consisting of Atterberg limit, Compaction, California Bearing Ratio, unconfined compressive strength and triaxial shear strength tests were carried out on two types of soil for varying percentages of stabilizers. Vertical compressive strains at the top of unstabilized and stabilized subgrade soils were found out by elastoplastic finite element analysis using commercial software ANSYS. The values of vertical compressive strains at the top of unstabilized and stabilized subgrade, were further used to estimate layer thickness reduction or extension in service life of the pavement due to stabilization. Finite element modeling of the flexible pavement layered structure provides modern technology and sophisticated characterization of materials that can be accommodated in the analysis and enhances the reliability for the prediction of pavement response for improved design methodology. If the pavement section is kept same for unstabilized and stabilized subgrade soils, pavement resting on lime, fly ash and fiber stabilized subgrade soil B will have service life 2.84, 1.84 and 1.67 times than that of unstabilized pavement respectively. The flexible pavement resting on stabilized subgrade is beneficial in reducing the construction material. Actual savings would depend on the option exercised by the designer for reducing the thickness of an individual layer.

Improvement of Element Stability using Adaptive Directional Reduced Integration and its Application to Rigid-Plastic Finite Element Method (적응성 선향저감적분법에 의한 요소의 안정성 향상과 강소성 유한요소해석에의 적용)

  • Park, K.;Lee, Y.K.;Yang, D.Y.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.32-41
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    • 1995
  • In the analysis of metal forming processes by the finite element method, there are many numerical instabilities such as element locking, hourglass mode and shear locking. These instabilities may have a bad effect upon accuracy and convergence. The present work is concerned with improvement of stability and efficiency in two-dimensional rigid-plastic finite element method using various type of elemenmts and numerical intergration schemes. As metal forming examples, upsetting and backward extrusion are taken for comparison among the methods: various element types and numerical integration schemes. Comparison is made in terms of stability and efficiency in element behavior and computational efficiency and a new scheme of adaptive directional reduced integration is introduced. As a result, the finite element computation has been stabilized from the viewpoint of computational time, convergency, and numerical instability.

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Estimation of shear strength parameters of lime-cement stabilized granular soils from unconfined compressive tests

  • Azadegan, Omid;Li, Jie;Jafari, S. Hadi
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.247-261
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    • 2014
  • Analytical and numerical modeling of soft or problematic soils stabilized with lime and cement require a number of soil parameters which are usually obtained from expensive and time-consuming laboratory experiments. The high shear strength of lime and cement stabilized soils make it extremely difficult to obtain high quality laboratory data in some cases. In this study, an alternative method is proposed, which uses the unconfined compressive strength and estimating functions available in literature to evaluate the shear strength parameters of the treated materials. The estimated properties were applied in finite element model to determine which estimating function is more appropriate for lime and cement treated granular soils. The results show that at the mid-range strength of the stabilized soils, most of applied functions have a good compatibility with laboratory conditions. However, application of some functions at lower or higher strengths would lead to underestimation or overestimation of the unconfined compressive strength.

Stabilized finite element technique and its application for turbulent flow with high Reynolds number

  • Huang, Cheng;Yan, Bao;Zhou, Dai;Xu, Jinquan
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.465-480
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, a stabilized large eddy simulation technique is developed to predict turbulent flow with high Reynolds number. Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) stabilized method and three-step technique are both implemented for the finite element formulation of Smagorinsky sub-grid scale (SGS) model. Temporal discretization is performed using three-step technique with viscous term treated implicitly. And the pressure is computed from Poisson equation derived from the incompressible condition. Then two numerical examples of turbulent flow with high Reynolds number are discussed. One is lid driven flow at Re = $10^5$ in a triangular cavity, the other is turbulent flow past a square cylinder at Re = 22000. Results show that the present technique can effectively suppress the instabilities of turbulent flow caused by traditional FEM and well predict the unsteady flow even with coarse mesh.

MOMENT-OF-FLUID METHOD FOR FREE SURFACE FLOW SIMULATION USING UNSTRUCTURED MESHES (비정렬 격자상에서 Moment-of-Fluid 방법을 이용한 자유표면유동계산)

  • Ahn, H.T.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.65-67
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    • 2011
  • The moment-of-fluid (MOF) method is a new volume-tracking method that accurately treats evolving material interfaces. The MOF method uses moment data, namely the material volume fraction, as well as the centroid, for a more accurate representation of the material configuration, interfaces and concomitant volume advection. In this paper, unstructured mesh extension of the MOF method is to be presented. The MOF method is coupled with a stabilized finite element incompressible Navier-Stokes solver for two materials. The effectiveness of the MOF method is demonstrated with a free-surface dam-break problem.

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