Enabling numerical accuracy of Navier-Stokes-α through deconvolution and enhanced stability

Carolina C. Manica; Monika Neda; Maxim Olshanskii; Leo G. Rebholz

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique (2011)

  • Volume: 45, Issue: 2, page 277-307
  • ISSN: 0764-583X

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We propose and analyze a finite element method for approximating solutions to the Navier-Stokes-alpha model (NS-α) that utilizes approximate deconvolution and a modified grad-div stabilization and greatly improves accuracy in simulations. Standard finite element schemes for NS-α suffer from two major sources of error if their solutions are considered approximations to true fluid flow: (1) the consistency error arising from filtering; and (2) the dramatic effect of the large pressure error on the velocity error that arises from the (necessary) use of the rotational form nonlinearity. The proposed scheme “fixes” these two numerical issues through the combined use of a modified grad-div stabilization that acts in both the momentum and filter equations, and an adapted approximate deconvolution technique designed to work with the altered filter. We prove the scheme is stable, optimally convergent, and the effect of the pressure error on the velocity error is significantly reduced. Several numerical experiments are given that demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.

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Manica, Carolina C., et al. "Enabling numerical accuracy of Navier-Stokes-α through deconvolution and enhanced stability." ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique 45.2 (2011): 277-307. <http://eudml.org/doc/273251>.

@article{Manica2011,
abstract = {We propose and analyze a finite element method for approximating solutions to the Navier-Stokes-alpha model (NS-α) that utilizes approximate deconvolution and a modified grad-div stabilization and greatly improves accuracy in simulations. Standard finite element schemes for NS-α suffer from two major sources of error if their solutions are considered approximations to true fluid flow: (1) the consistency error arising from filtering; and (2) the dramatic effect of the large pressure error on the velocity error that arises from the (necessary) use of the rotational form nonlinearity. The proposed scheme “fixes” these two numerical issues through the combined use of a modified grad-div stabilization that acts in both the momentum and filter equations, and an adapted approximate deconvolution technique designed to work with the altered filter. We prove the scheme is stable, optimally convergent, and the effect of the pressure error on the velocity error is significantly reduced. Several numerical experiments are given that demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.},
author = {Manica, Carolina C., Neda, Monika, Olshanskii, Maxim, Rebholz, Leo G.},
journal = {ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique},
keywords = {ns-alpha; grad-div stabilization; turbulence; approximate deconvolution; NS-alpha; Grad-div stabilization},
language = {eng},
number = {2},
pages = {277-307},
publisher = {EDP-Sciences},
title = {Enabling numerical accuracy of Navier-Stokes-α through deconvolution and enhanced stability},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/273251},
volume = {45},
year = {2011},
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TY - JOUR
AU - Manica, Carolina C.
AU - Neda, Monika
AU - Olshanskii, Maxim
AU - Rebholz, Leo G.
TI - Enabling numerical accuracy of Navier-Stokes-α through deconvolution and enhanced stability
JO - ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique
PY - 2011
PB - EDP-Sciences
VL - 45
IS - 2
SP - 277
EP - 307
AB - We propose and analyze a finite element method for approximating solutions to the Navier-Stokes-alpha model (NS-α) that utilizes approximate deconvolution and a modified grad-div stabilization and greatly improves accuracy in simulations. Standard finite element schemes for NS-α suffer from two major sources of error if their solutions are considered approximations to true fluid flow: (1) the consistency error arising from filtering; and (2) the dramatic effect of the large pressure error on the velocity error that arises from the (necessary) use of the rotational form nonlinearity. The proposed scheme “fixes” these two numerical issues through the combined use of a modified grad-div stabilization that acts in both the momentum and filter equations, and an adapted approximate deconvolution technique designed to work with the altered filter. We prove the scheme is stable, optimally convergent, and the effect of the pressure error on the velocity error is significantly reduced. Several numerical experiments are given that demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.
LA - eng
KW - ns-alpha; grad-div stabilization; turbulence; approximate deconvolution; NS-alpha; Grad-div stabilization
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