Finite Element Approximation of Viscoelastic Progressively Incompressible Flows.
Finite element approximations of a glaciology problem
In this paper we study a model problem describing the movement of a glacier under Glen’s flow law and investigated by Colinge and Rappaz [Colinge and Rappaz, ESAIM: M2AN 33 (1999) 395–406]. We establish error estimates for finite element approximation using the results of Chow [Chow, SIAM J. Numer. Analysis 29 (1992) 769–780] and Liu and Barrett [Liu and Barrett, SIAM J. Numer. Analysis 33 (1996) 98–106] and give an analysis of the convergence of the successive approximations used in [Colinge and...
Finite element approximations of a glaciology problem
In this paper we study a model problem describing the movement of a glacier under Glen's flow law and investigated by Colinge and Rappaz [Colinge and Rappaz, ESAIM: M2AN33 (1999) 395–406]. We establish error estimates for finite element approximation using the results of Chow [Chow, SIAM J. Numer. Analysis29 (1992) 769–780] and Liu and Barrett [Liu and Barrett, SIAM J. Numer. Analysis33 (1996) 98–106] and give an analysis of the convergence of the successive approximations used in [Colinge and...
Finite element error analysis of a quasi-Newtonian flow obeying the Carreau or power law.
Finite element methods for the three-field Stokes system in : Galerkin methods
Finite elemnt approximation of viscoelastic fluid flow: Existence of approximate solutions and error bounds.
Finite-element discretizations of a two-dimensional grade-two fluid model
We propose and analyze several finite-element schemes for solving a grade-two fluid model, with a tangential boundary condition, in a two-dimensional polygon. The exact problem is split into a generalized Stokes problem and a transport equation, in such a way that it always has a solution without restriction on the shape of the domain and on the size of the data. The first scheme uses divergence-free discrete velocities and a centered discretization of the transport term, whereas the other schemes...
Finite-element discretizations of a two-dimensional grade-two fluid model
We propose and analyze several finite-element schemes for solving a grade-two fluid model, with a tangential boundary condition, in a two-dimensional polygon. The exact problem is split into a generalized Stokes problem and a transport equation, in such a way that it always has a solution without restriction on the shape of the domain and on the size of the data. The first scheme uses divergence-free discrete velocities and a centered discretization of the transport term, whereas the other schemes...
Flow between coaxial rotating disks: With and without externally applied magnetic field.
Flow of electrorheological fluid under conditions of slip on the boundary.
Fluid velocity profile reconstruction for non-Newtonian shear dispersive flow.
Fokker-Planck equation in bounded domain
We study the existence and the uniqueness of a solution to the linear Fokker-Planck equation in a bounded domain of when is a “confinement” vector field. This field acting for instance like the inverse of the distance to the boundary. An illustration of the obtained results is given within the framework of fluid mechanics and polymer flows.
Free convection flow of conducting micropolar fluid with thermal relaxation including heat sources.
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 in [J. Non-Newtonian...
Full regularity of weak solutions to a class of nonlinear fluids in two dimensions -- stationary, periodic problem
We prove the existence of regular solution to a system of nonlinear equations describing the steady motions of a certain class of non-Newtonian fluids in two dimensions. The equations are completed by requirement that all functions are periodic.
Generalized Beltrami flows and other closed-form solutions of an unsteady viscoelastic fluid.
Generalized Fluid Flows, Their Approximation and Applications.
Generalized lubrification models blow-up and global existence result.
We study a general mathematical model linked with various physical models. Especially, we focus on those models established by King or Spencer-Davis-Voorhees related to thin films extending the lubrication model studied by Bernis-Friedman. According to the initial data, we prove that, either, blow up or global existence can be obtained.
Geometrodynamics of some non-relativistic incompressible fluids.
In some previous papers [1, 2] we proposed a geometric formulation of continuum mechanics, where a continuous body is seen as a suitable differentiable fiber bundle C on the Galilean space-time M, beside a differential equation of order k, Ek(C), on C and the assignement of a frame Psi on M. This approach allowed us to treat continuum mechanics as a unitary field theory and to consider constitutive and dynamical properties in a more natural way. Further, the particular intrinsic geometrical framework...
Global Attractor for a Fourth-Order Parabolic Equation Modeling Epitaxial Thin Film Growth
This paper is concerned with a fourth-order parabolic equation which models epitaxial growth of nanoscale thin films. Based on the regularity estimates for semigroups and the classical existence theorem of global attractors, we prove that the fourth order parabolic equation possesses a global attractor in a subspace of H², which attracts all the bounded sets of H² in the H²-norm.