Finite difference method

About: Finite difference method is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 21603 publications have been published within this topic receiving 468852 citations. The topic is also known as: Finite-difference methods & FDM.

A finite element method based on Whitney forms to solve Maxwell equations in the time domain

Abstract: A new finite element method in the time domain based on the Whitney forms is presented. Using edge elements and face elements for space discretization of the fields and a leap-frog scheme in time, the algorithm gives a direct way to solve Maxwell equations in general unstructured meshes. >

Fully non‐linear free‐surface simulations by a 3D viscous numerical wave tank

Abstract: A finite difference scheme using a modified marker-and-cell (MAC) method is applied to investigate the characteristics of non-linear wave motions and their interactions with a stationary three-dimensional body inside a numerical wave tank (NWT). The Navier-Stokes (NS) equation is solved for two fluid layers, and the boundary values are updated at each time step by a finite difference time marching scheme in the frame of a rectangular co-ordinate system. The viscous stresses and surface tension are neglected in the dynamic free-surface condition, and the fully non-linear kinematic free-surface condition is satisfied by the density function method developed for two fluid layers. The incident waves are generated from the inflow boundary by prescribing a velocity profile resembling flexible flap wavemaker motions, and the outgoing waves are numerically dissipated inside an artificial damping zone located at the end of the tank. The present NS-MAC NWT simulations for a vertical truncated circular cylinder inside a rectangular wave tank are compared with the experimental results of Mercier and Niedzwecki, an independently developed potential-based fully non-linear NWT, and the second-order diffraction computation

Toward the Finite-Time Blowup of the 3D Axisymmetric Euler Equations: A Numerical Investigation

Abstract: Whether the three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations can develop a singularity in finite time from smooth initial data is one of the most challenging problems in mathematical fluid dynamics. This work attempts to provide an affirmative answer to this long-standing open question from a numerical point of view by presenting a class of potentially singular solutions to the Euler equations computed in axisymmetric geometries. The solutions satisfy a periodic boundary condition along the axial direction and a no-flow boundary condition on the solid wall. The equations are discretized in space using a hybrid 6th-order Galerkin and 6th-order finite difference method on specially designed adaptive (moving) meshes that are dynamically adjusted to the evolving solutions. With a maximum effective resolution of over (3 x 10^(12))^2 near the point of the singularity, we are able to advance the solution up to tau_2 = 0.003505 and predict a singularity time of t(s) approximate to 0.0035056, while achieving a pointwise relative error of O(10^(-4)) in the vorticity vector. and observing a (3 x 10^8)-fold increase in the maximum vorticity parallel to omega parallel to(infinity). The numerical data are checked against all major blowup/non-blowup criteria, including Beale-Kato-Majda, Constantin-Fefferman-Majda, and Deng-Hou-Yu, to confirm the validity of the singularity. A local analysis near the point of the singularity also suggests the existence of a self-similar blowup in the meridian plane.