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Particulate flow simulations using lubrication theory solution enrichment. (English) Zbl 1032.76037

Summary: A technique for the numerical simulation of suspensions of particles in fluid based on the extended finite element method is developed. In this method, the particle surfaces need not conform to finite element boundaries, so that moving particles can be simulated without remeshing. The finite element basis is enriched with the Stokes flow solution for flow past a single particle and with the lubrication theory solution for flow between particles. The latter enrichment allows the simulation of particles that come arbitrarily close together without refining the mesh in the gap between them. Example problems illustrating both types of enrichment are shown, along with a study of a 50% solution in channel flow.

MSC:

76M10 Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics
76T20 Suspensions
76D08 Lubrication theory
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