A Moving Mesh Method for Kinetic/Hydrodynamic Coupling

A Moving Mesh Method for Kinetic/Hydrodynamic Coupling

Year:    2012

Author:    Zhicheng Hu, Heyu Wang

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 4 (2012), Iss. 6 : pp. 685–702

Abstract

This paper deals with the application of a moving mesh method for kinetic/hydrodynamic coupling model in two dimensions. With some criteria, the domain is dynamically decomposed into three parts: kinetic regions where fluids are far from equilibrium, hydrodynamic regions where fluids are near thermodynamical equilibrium and buffer regions which are used as a smooth transition. The Boltzmann-BGK equation is solved in kinetic regions, while Euler equations in hydrodynamic regions and both equations in buffer regions. By a well defined monitor function, our moving mesh method smoothly concentrate the mesh grids to the regions containing rapid variation of the solutions. In each moving mesh step, the solutions are conservatively updated to the new mesh and the cut-off function is rebuilt first to consist with the region decomposition after the mesh motion. In such a framework, the evolution of the hybrid model and the moving mesh procedure can be implemented independently, therefore keep the advantages of both approaches. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the efficiency of the method.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.12-12S01

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 4 (2012), Iss. 6 : pp. 685–702

Published online:    2012-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    18

Keywords:    Moving mesh method kinetic/hydrodynamic coupling the Boltzmann-BGK equation.

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