VORTICES IN BIOLOGICAL FLOWS

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (05) ◽  
pp. 1340001
Author(s):  
TIN-KAN HUNG
Keyword(s):  
Da Vinci ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Time Dependent Domain ◽  
Tacoma Narrows Bridge ◽  
Solid Motion ◽  
Dependent Domain

Vortices in flow past a heart valve, in streams and behind an arrow were realized, sketched and discussed by Leonardo da Vinci. The forced resonance and collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge under 64 km/h. wind in 1940 and the Kármán vortex street are classic examples of dynamic interaction between fluid flow and solid motion. There are similar and dissimilar characteristics of vortices between biological and physical flow processes. They can be analyzed by numerical solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations with moving boundaries. One approach is to transform the time-dependent domain to a fixed domain with the geometric, kinematic and dynamic parameters as forcing functions in the Navier–Stokes equations.

A finite element method for the Navier-Stokes equations in moving domain with application to hemodynamics of the left ventricle

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Danilov ◽  
Alexander Lozovskiy ◽  
Maxim Olshanskii ◽  
Yuri Vassilevski
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Left Ventricle ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Computed Tomography Images ◽  
Time Dependent Domain ◽  
Element Method

AbstractThe paper introduces a finite element method for the Navier-Stokes equations of incompressible viscous fluid in a time-dependent domain. The method is based on a quasi-Lagrangian formulation of the problem and handling the geometry in a time-explicit way. We prove that numerical solution satisfies a discrete analogue of the fundamental energy estimate. This stability estimate does not require a CFL time-step restriction. The method is further applied to simulation of a flow in a model of the left ventricle of a human heart, where the ventricle wall dynamics is reconstructed from a sequence of contrast enhanced Computed Tomography images.

A numerical study of the interaction between unsteay free-stream disturbances and localized variations in surface geometry

1989 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 285-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Bodonyi ◽  
W. J. C. Welch ◽  
P. W. Duck ◽  
M. Tadjfar
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Surface Geometry ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
S Waves ◽  
Tollmien Schlichting

A numerical study of the generation of Tollmien-Schlichting (T–S) waves due to the interaction between a small free-stream disturbance and a small localized variation of the surface geometry has been carried out using both finite–difference and spectral methods. The nonlinear steady flow is of the viscous–inviscid interactive type while the unsteady disturbed flow is assumed to be governed by the Navier–Stokes equations linearized about this flow. Numerical solutions illustrate the growth or decay of the T–S waves generated by the interaction between the free-stream disturbance and the surface distortion, depending on the value of the scaled Strouhal number. An important result of this receptivity problem is the numerical determination of the amplitude of the T–S waves.

NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF 2D AND 3D SLAMMING PROBLEMS

2021 ◽  
Vol 153 (A2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Q Yang ◽  
W Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Type Equation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Highly Nonlinear ◽  
2D And 3D

Slamming forces on 2D and 3D bodies have been computed based on a CIP method. The highly nonlinear water entry problem governed by the Navier-Stokes equations was solved by a CIP based finite difference method on a fixed Cartesian grid. In the computation, a compact upwind scheme was employed for the advection calculations and a pressure-based algorithm was applied to treat the multiple phases. The free surface and the body boundaries were captured using density functions. For the pressure calculation, a Poisson-type equation was solved at each time step by the conjugate gradient iterative method. Validation studies were carried out for 2D wedges with various deadrise angles ranging from 0 to 60 degrees at constant vertical velocity. In the cases of wedges with small deadrise angles, the compressibility of air between the bottom of the wedge and the free surface was modelled. Studies were also extended to 3D bodies, such as a sphere, a cylinder and a catamaran, entering calm water. Computed pressures, free surface elevations and hydrodynamic forces were compared with experimental data and the numerical solutions by other methods.

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