Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element formulation for incompressible viscous flows

Thomas J R Hughes*, Wing Kam Liu, Thomas K. Zimmermann

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

1386 Scopus citations

Abstract

A transient, finite element formulation is given for incompressible viscous flows in an arbitrarily mixed Lagrangian-Eulerian description. The procedures developed are appropriate for modeling the fluid subdomain of many fluid-solid interaction, and free-surface problems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)329-349
Number of pages21
JournalComputer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Volume29
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1981

Funding

We gratefullya cknowledget he following individuals and agencies:T he California Institute of Technology Computer Center for providing computing services; The National Science Foundation for supportingW ing Kam Liu under Grant No. ENV77-23687;T he SwissN ational Foundation for Scientific Research for supporting Thomas Zimmermann under Grant No. 820.343.75a;n d Derek Goring for computingw ork relatedt o the numericalr esults.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science Applications

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element formulation for incompressible viscous flows'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this