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Free-energy-dissipative schemes for the Oldroyd-B model
In this article, we analyze the stability of various numerical schemes for
differential models of viscoelastic fluids. More precisely, we consider the
prototypical Oldroyd-B model, for which a free energy dissipation holds, and we
show under which assumptions such a dissipation is also satisfied for the
numerical scheme. Among the numerical schemes we analyze, we consider some
discretizations based on the log-formulation of the Oldroyd-B system proposed
by Fattal and Kupferman, which have been reported to be numerically more stable
than discretizations of the usual formulation in some benchmark problems. Our
analysis gives some tracks to understand these numerical observations
FIC/FEM formulation with matrix stabilizing terms for incompressible flows at low and high Reynolds numbers
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00466-006-0060-yWe present a general formulation for incompressible fluid flow analysis using the finite element method. The necessary stabilization for dealing with convective effects and the incompressibility condition are introduced via the Finite Calculus method using a matrix form of the stabilization parameters. This allows to model a wide range of fluid flow problems for low and high Reynolds numbers flows without introducing a turbulence model. Examples of application to the analysis of incompressible flows with moderate and large Reynolds numbers are presented.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
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