On the Finite Element Approximation of a Cascade Flow Problem.
On the importance of solid deformations in convection-dominated liquid/solid phase change of pure materials
We analyse the effect of the mechanical response of the solid phase during liquid/solid phase change by numerical simulation of a benchmark test based on the well-known and debated experiment of melting of a pure gallium slab counducted by Gau & Viskanta in 1986. The adopted mathematical model includes the description of the melt flow and of the solid phase deformations. Surprisingly the conclusion reached is that, even in this case of pure material, the contribution of the solid phase to the...
On the magnetohydrodynamic type equations in a new class of non-cylindrical domains
Viene provata l'esistenza e l'unicità delle soluzioni deboli per un sistema di equazioni della magnetoidrodinamica in un dominio variabile. Per la dimostrazione si usano il metodo di Galerkin spettrale e la tecnica introdotta da Dal Passo e Ughi per trattare i problemi con dominio dipendente dal tempo.
On the motion of a body in thermal equilibrium immersed in a perfect gas
We consider a body immersed in a perfect gas and moving under the action of a constant force. Body and gas are in thermal equilibrium. We assume a stochastic interaction body/medium: when a particle of the medium hits the body, it is absorbed and immediately re-emitted with a Maxwellian distribution. This system gives rise to a microscopic model of friction. We study the approach of the body velocity V(t) to the limiting velocity and prove that, under suitable smallness assumptions, the approach...
On the Navier-Stokes equations with temperature-dependent transport coefficients.
On the Newton partially flat minimal resistance body type problems
We study the flat region of stationary points of the functional under the constraint , where is a bounded domain in . Here is a function which is concave for small and convex for large, and is a given constant. The problem generalizes the classical minimal resistance body problems considered by Newton. We construct a family of partially flat radial solutions to the associated stationary problem when is a ball. We also analyze some other qualitative properties. Moreover, we show the...
On the regularity of stochastic currents, fractional brownian motion and applications to a turbulence model
We study the pathwise regularity of the map φ↦I(φ)=∫0T〈φ(Xt), dXt〉, where φ is a vector function on ℝd belonging to some Banach space V, X is a stochastic process and the integral is some version of a stochastic integral defined via regularization. A continuous version of this map, seen as a random element of the topological dual of V will be called stochastic current. We give sufficient conditions for the current to live in some Sobolev space of distributions and we provide elements to conjecture...
On the simulation of incompressible, miscible displacement in a naturally fractured petroleum reservoir
On the solution of linear algebraic systems arising from the semi–implicit DGFE discretization of the compressible Navier–Stokes equations
We deal with the numerical simulation of a motion of viscous compressible fluids. We discretize the governing Navier–Stokes equations by the backward difference formula – discontinuous Galerkin finite element (BDF-DGFE) method, which exhibits a sufficiently stable, efficient and accurate numerical scheme. The BDF-DGFE method requires a solution of one linear algebra system at each time step. In this paper, we deal with these linear algebra systems with the aid of an iterative solver. We discuss...
On the Stability of Bilinear-Constant Velocity-Pressure Finite Elements.
On the stationary, potential, subsonic flow.
On the Transport-Diffusion Algorithm and Its Applications to the NavierStokes Equations.
On the two-dimensional compressible isentropic Navier–Stokes equations
We analyze the compressible isentropic Navier–Stokes equations (Lions, 1998) in the two-dimensional case with . These equations also modelize the shallow water problem in height-flow rate formulation used to solve the flow in lakes and perfectly well-mixed sea. We establish a convergence result for the time-discretized problem when the momentum equation and the continuity equation are solved with the Galerkin method, without adding a penalization term in the continuity equation as it is made in...
On the two-dimensional compressible isentropic Navier–Stokes equations
We analyze the compressible isentropic Navier–Stokes equations (Lions, 1998) in the two-dimensional case with . These equations also modelize the shallow water problem in height-flow rate formulation used to solve the flow in lakes and perfectly well-mixed sea. We establish a convergence result for the time-discretized problem when the momentum equation and the continuity equation are solved with the Galerkin method, without adding a penalization term in the continuity equation as it is made in Lions...
On the well-balance property of Roe’s method for nonconservative hyperbolic systems. Applications to shallow-water systems
This paper is concerned with the numerical approximations of Cauchy problems for one-dimensional nonconservative hyperbolic systems. The first goal is to introduce a general concept of well-balancing for numerical schemes solving this kind of systems. Once this concept stated, we investigate the well-balance properties of numerical schemes based on the generalized Roe linearizations introduced by [Toumi, J. Comp. Phys. 102 (1992) 360–373]. Next, this general theory is applied to obtain well-balanced...
On the well-balance property of Roe's method for nonconservative hyperbolic systems. applications to shallow-water systems
This paper is concerned with the numerical approximations of Cauchy problems for one-dimensional nonconservative hyperbolic systems. The first goal is to introduce a general concept of well-balancing for numerical schemes solving this kind of systems. Once this concept stated, we investigate the well-balance properties of numerical schemes based on the generalized Roe linearizations introduced by [Toumi, J. Comp. Phys.102 (1992) 360–373]. Next, this general theory is applied to obtain well-balanced...
On variational formulations for the Stokes equations with nonstandard boundary conditions
One-dimensional problem of a conducting viscous fluid with one relaxation time.
Operator-splitting and Lagrange multiplier domain decomposition methods for numerical simulation of two coupled Navier-Stokes fluids
We present a numerical simulation of two coupled Navier-Stokes flows, using ope-rator-split-ting and optimization-based non-overlapping domain decomposition methods. The model problem consists of two Navier-Stokes fluids coupled, through a common interface, by a nonlinear transmission condition. Numerical experiments are carried out with two coupled fluids; one with an initial linear profile and the other in rest. As expected, the transmission condition generates a recirculation within the fluid...
Optimal control and regularization to model the atmospheric electron content from satellite measurements