Here we outline a modification of the second order central difference scheme based on staggered spatial grids due to Nessyahu and Tadmor [H. Nessyahu, E. Tadmor, Non-oscillatory central differencing for hyperbolic conservation laws, J. Comput. Phys. 87 (1990) 408] to a non-staggered scheme for...

For the simulation of transport processes in porous media effective parameters for the physical processes on the target scale are required. Numerical upscaling, as well as multiscale approaches can help where experiments are not possible, or hard to conduct.

A high-order finite element method, total variational diminishing (TVD) Runge–Kutta discontinuous Galerkin method is investigated to solve free-surface problems in hydraulic dynamics. Some cases of circular dam and rapidly varying two-dimensional flows are presented to show the efficiency and...

We present a high-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method for solving the time-dependent Maxwell equations on non-conforming hybrid meshes. The hybrid mesh combines unstructured tetrahedra for the discretization of irregularly shaped objects with a hexahedral mesh for the rest of the...

A finite volume method for geometries parameterized by Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) is proposed. Since the computational grid is inherently defined by the knot vectors of the NURBS parameterization, the mesh generation step simplifies here greatly and furthermore curved boundaries are...

Aerodynamic noise is one of the most serious barriers in wind energy development. To develop technologies for wind turbine noise reduction and assessment, noise needs to be predicted precisely with special consideration given to blade flexibility. The numerical tool, WINFAS, which can simulate...

In this paper, a rigid thickless lamina is immersed in a quiescent viscous fluid and it undergoes transverse finite amplitude harmonic oscillations near a solid surface. The surrounding flow physics is computed through the lattice Boltzmann method. In order to account for the presence of the...

This review covers the broad scope of ocean hydrodynamics on offshore marine structures, laying the framework for studying offshore wind energy with a variety of engineering methods. First, water wave theory is described beginning with the fundamental equations of fluid mechanics. A variety of...

In the process of heavy oil thermal recovery, the creep of strata can often be accelerated due to injection pressure, the temperature of steam, the structural characteristics of rock itself and other factors. However, the effect of creep in strata may cause various types of damage in underground...

The simulation of pressure waves in inlet and exhaust manifolds of internal combustion engines remains challenging. In this paper, a new model is presented in order to analyze these pressures waves without the use of a one-dimensional description of the system. It consists on studying the system...