We discuss a Lagrangian approach for the simulation of 3D compressible flows on non-structured tetrahedral meshes. The formulation is nodal-based, in the sense that kinematic and thermodynamic variables are all interpolated with continuous P1 polynomials. The equations are solved with an explicit time-marching scheme without stabilizing terms and with the inclusion only of a shock-capturing viscosity. Several examples featuring shock propagations and mixing of fluids are addressed, with particular emphasis on the stability of the approach and on possible strategies for mesh update.

A Lagrangian finite element method for 3D compressible flow applications

CREMONESI, MASSIMILIANO;FRANGI, ATTILIO ALBERTO
2016-01-01

Abstract

We discuss a Lagrangian approach for the simulation of 3D compressible flows on non-structured tetrahedral meshes. The formulation is nodal-based, in the sense that kinematic and thermodynamic variables are all interpolated with continuous P1 polynomials. The equations are solved with an explicit time-marching scheme without stabilizing terms and with the inclusion only of a shock-capturing viscosity. Several examples featuring shock propagations and mixing of fluids are addressed, with particular emphasis on the stability of the approach and on possible strategies for mesh update.
2016
Compressible flow; Finite elements; Lagrangian methods; Computational Mechanics; Mechanics of Materials; Mechanical Engineering; Physics and Astronomy (all); Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
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