In the following paper, we present a consistent Newton-Schur solution approach for variational multiscale formulations of the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations in three dimensions. The main contributions of this work are a systematic study of the variational multiscale method for three-dimensional problems, and an implementation of a consistent formulation suitable for large problems with high nonlinearity, unstructured meshes, and non-symmetric matrices. In addition to the quadratic convergence characteristics of a Newton-Raphson based scheme, the Newton-Schur approach increases computational efficiency and parallel scalability by implementing the tangent stiffness matrix in Schur complement form. As a result, more computations are performed at the element level. Using a variational multiscale framework, we construct a two-level approach to stabilizing the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations based on a coarse and fine-scale subproblem. We then derive the Schur complement form of the consistent tangent matrix. We demonstrate the performance of the method for a number of three-dimensional problems for Reynolds number up to 1000 including steady and time-dependent flows.
Multiscale numerical methods for passive advection-diffusion in incompressible turbulent flow fields
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University（纽约大学柯朗数学科学研究所）；Department of Mathematics and ICES, University of Texas at Austin（德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校数学系与计算科学与工程研究所）
We present augmented Lagrangian Schur complement preconditioners and robust multigrid methods for incompressible Stokes problems with extreme viscosity variations. Such Stokes systems arise, for instance, upon linearization of nonlinear viscous flow problems, and they can have severely inhomogeneous and anisotropic coefficients. Using an augmented Lagrangian formulation for the incompressibility constraint makes the Schur complement easier to approximate, but results in a nearly singular (1,1)-block in the Stokes system. We present eigenvalue estimates for the quality of the Schur complement a…
A term-by-term variational multiscale method with dynamic subscales for incompressible turbulent aerodynamics
Computational Heat and Fluid Flow Lab, Universidad de Santiago de Chile（圣地亚哥智利大学计算热与流体流动实验室）；Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Santiago de Chile（圣地亚哥智利大学机械工程系）；Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems, RWTH Aachen University（亚琛工业大学技术系统计算分析教席）；Chair of Methods for Model-based Development in Computational Engineering, RWTH（亚琛工业大学计算工程基于模型开发方法教席）；Center for Simulation and Data Science (JARA-CSD), RWTH Aachen University（亚琛工业大学仿真与数据科学中心（JARA-CSD））
We develop a novel iterative solution method for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with boundary conditions coupled with reduced models. The iterative algorithm is designed based on the variational multiscale formulation and the generalized-$α$ scheme. The spatiotemporal discretization leads to a block structure of the resulting consistent tangent matrix in the Newton-Raphson procedure. As a generalization of the conventional block preconditioners, a three-level nested block preconditioner is introduced to attain a better representation of the Schur complement, which plays a key role …
A recent paper [J. A. Evans, D. Kamensky, Y. Bazilevs, "Variational multiscale modeling with discretely divergence-free subscales", Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 80 (2020) 2517-2537] introduced a novel stabilized finite element method for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, which combined residual-based stabilization of advection, energetic stability, and satisfaction of a discrete incompressibility condition. However, the convergence analysis and numerical tests of the cited work were subject to the restrictive assumption of a divergence-conforming choice of velocity and …
We introduce a residual-based stabilized formulation for incompressible Navier-Stokes flow that maintains discrete (and, for divergence-conforming methods, strong) mass conservation for inf-sup stable spaces with $H^1$-conforming pressure approximation, while providing optimal convergence in the diffusive regime, robustness in the advective regime, and energetic stability. The method is formally derived using the variational multiscale (VMS) concept, but with a discrete fine-scale pressure field which is solved for alongside the coarse-scale unknowns such that the coarse and fine scale velocit…
Augmented Lagrangian preconditioners have successfully yielded Reynolds-robust preconditioners for the stationary incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, but only for specific discretizations. The discretizations for which these preconditioners have been designed possess error estimates which depend on the Reynolds number, with the discretization error deteriorating as the Reynolds number is increased. In this paper we present an augmented Lagrangian preconditioner for the Scott-Vogelius discretization on barycentrically-refined meshes. This achieves both Reynolds-robust performance and Reynol…
In this paper, we consider the incompressible Stokes flow problem in a perforated domain and employ the constraint energy minimizing generalized multiscale finite element method (CEM-GMsFEM) to solve this problem. The proposed method provides a flexible and systematical approach to construct crucial divergence-free multiscale basis functions for approximating the displacement field. These basis functions are constructed by solving a class of local energy minimization problems over the eigenspaces that contain local information on the heterogeneities. These multiscale basis functions are shown …
We develop a unified continuum modeling framework for viscous fluids and hyperelastic solids using the Gibbs free energy as the thermodynamic potential. This framework naturally leads to a pressure primitive variable formulation for the continuum body, which is well-behaved in both compressible and incompressible regimes. Our derivation also provides a rational justification of the isochoric-volumetric additive split of free energies in nonlinear continuum mechanics. The variational multiscale analysis is performed for the continuum model to construct a foundation for numerical discretization.…
Non-Conforming Multiscale Finite Element Method for Stokes Flows in Heterogeneous Media. Part I: Methodologies and Numerical Experiments
Imperial College London（帝国理工学院）；Université de Toulouse（图卢兹大学）；CNRS（法国国家科学研究中心）；Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse（图卢兹数学研究所）；Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Besançon（贝桑松数学实验室）；Université de Franche-Comté（弗朗什-孔泰大学）
Deflation-accelerated preconditioning of the Poisson-Neumann Schur problem on long domains with a high-order discontinuous element-based collocation method
Cornell University（康奈尔大学）；Applied Research Laboratories（应用研究实验室）
We consider a mixed hybrid finite element formulation for coupled poromechanics. A stabilization strategy based on a macro-element approach is advanced to eliminate the spurious pressure modes appearing in undrained/incompressible conditions. The efficient solution of the stabilized mixed hybrid block system is addressed by developing a class of block triangular preconditioners based on a Schur-complement approximation strategy. Robustness, computational efficiency and scalability of the proposed approach are theoretically discussed and tested using challenging benchmark problems on massively …
In this paper, we investigate the hemodynamics of a left atrium (LA) by proposing a computational model suitable to provide physically meaningful fluid dynamics indications and detailed blood flow characterization. In particular, we consider the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formulation to deal with the LA domain under prescribed motion. A Variational Multiscale (VMS) method is adopted to obtain a stable formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations discretized by means of the Finite Element method and to account for turbulence modeling based on Lar…
Preconditioning of a coupled Cahn--Hilliard Navier--Stokes system
The University of British Columbia（不列颠哥伦比亚大学）；Technical University München（慕尼黑工业大学）；Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems（马克斯·普朗克复杂技术系统动力学研究所）
Correct energy evolution of stabilized formulations: The relation between VMS, SUPG and GLS via dynamic orthogonal small-scales and isogeometric analysis. II: The incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
We present a wavelet-based adaptive method for computing 3D multiscale flows in complex, time-dependent geometries, implemented on massively parallel computers. While our focus is on simulations of flapping insects, it can be used for other flow problems, including turbulence, as well. The incompressible fluid is modeled with an artificial compressibility approach in order to avoid solving elliptical problems. No-slip and in/outflow boundary conditions are imposed using volume penalization. The governing equations are discretized on a locally uniform Cartesian grid with centered finite differe…
Linear poroelasticity with solid incompressibility: consistent formulation and scalable numerical solution
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile（智利天主教 Pontificia 大学）；Centro de Modelamiento Matemático（数学建模中心）；Monash University（莫纳什大学）；Universidad Adventista de Chile（智利基督复临安息日会大学）
Solution of nonlinear Stokes equations discretized by high-order finite elements on nonconforming and anisotropic meshes, with application to ice sheet dynamics
Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin（德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校计算工程与科学研究所）；Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University（纽约大学库朗数学科学研究所）
