2021/12/21 by Martin Schneider, Schneider, Martin, Dennis Gläser +9
Engineering · #Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics #Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics #Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies #Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2112.11089
openalex publication_date 2021/12/21 · openalex created_date 2022/05/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
In this work, a new discretization approach for coupled free and porous-medium flows is introduced, which uses a finite volume staggered-grid method for the discretization of the Navier-Stokes equations in the free-flow subdomain, while a vertex-centered finite volume method is used in the porous-medium flow domain. The latter allows for the use of unstructured grids in the porous-medium subdomain, and the presented method is capable of handling non-matching grids at the interface. In addition, the accurate evaluation of coupling terms and of additional nonlinear velocity-dependent terms in the porous medium is ensured by the use of basis functions and by having degrees of freedom naturally located at the interface. The available advantages of this coupling method are investigated in a series of tests: a convergence test for various grid types, an evaluation of the implementation of coupling conditions, and an example using the velocity dependent Forchheimer term in the porous-medium subdomain.