A fictitious domain method for the numerical two-dimensional simulation of potential flows past sails
Alfredo Bermúdez, Rodolfo Rodríguez, María Luisa Seoane (2011)
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis
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This paper deals with the mathematical and numerical analysis of a simplified two-dimensional model for the interaction between the wind and a sail. The wind is modeled as a steady irrotational plane flow past the sail, satisfying the Kutta-Joukowski condition. This condition guarantees that the flow is not singular at the trailing edge of the sail. Although for the present analysis the position of the sail is taken as data, the final aim of this research is to develop tools to compute...