Efficient energy stable schemes for incompressible flows with variable density

B Li, J Shen, Z Yang, Y Zhang - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
We present novel numerical schemes for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with
variable density and address two critical concerns, ie, the preservation of lower density …

[HTML][HTML] An asymptotic-preserving and exactly mass-conservative semi-implicit scheme for weakly compressible flows based on compatible finite elements

E Zampa, M Dumbser - Journal of Computational Physics, 2025 - Elsevier
We present a novel asymptotic-preserving semi-implicit finite element method for weakly
compressible and incompressible flows based on compatible finite element spaces. The …

A finite element method for MHD that preserves energy, cross-helicity, magnetic helicity, incompressibility, and div B= 0

ES Gawlik, F Gay-Balmaz - Journal of Computational Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
We construct a structure-preserving finite element method and time-stepping scheme for
inhomogeneous, incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The method preserves …

A variational finite element discretization of compressible flow

ES Gawlik, F Gay-Balmaz - Foundations of Computational Mathematics, 2021 - Springer
We present a finite element variational integrator for compressible flows. The numerical
scheme is derived by discretizing, in a structure-preserving way, the Lie group formulation of …

Helicity-conservative finite element discretization for incompressible MHD systems

K Hu, YJ Lee, J Xu - Journal of Computational Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
We construct finite element methods for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
system that precisely preserve the magnetic and cross helicity, the energy law and the …

Variational and thermodynamically consistent finite element discretization for heat conducting viscous fluids

ES Gawlik, F Gay-Balmaz - Mathematical Models and Methods in …, 2024 - World Scientific
Respecting the laws of thermodynamics is crucial for ensuring that numerical simulations of
dynamical systems deliver physically relevant results. In this paper, we construct a structure …

Linear, second-order, unconditionally energy stable scheme for an electrohydrodynamic model with variable density and conductivity

M Pan, C Fu, W Zhu, F Jiao, D He - Communications in Nonlinear Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The motion of ions in the complex fluids widely appears in biofluids, hydrodynamics,
geodynamics and geophysics. Performing efficient and accurate computation for …

[HTML][HTML] A fully conservative and shift-invariant formulation for Galerkin discretizations of incompressible variable density flow

L Lundgren, M Nazarov - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a formulation of the variable density incompressible Navier-Stokes
equations by modifying the nonlinear terms in a consistent way. For Galerkin discretizations …

A mimetic numerical scheme for multi-fluid flows with thermodynamic and geometric compatibility on an arbitrarily moving grid

T Vazquez-Gonzalez, A Llor, C Fochesato - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Simulating transient and compressible multi-fluid flows in extreme situations such as Inertial
Confinement Fusion is especially challenging because of numerous and sometimes …

[HTML][HTML] Variational discretizations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics in smooth regime using structure-preserving finite elements

V Carlier, M Campos-Pinto - Journal of Computational Physics, 2025 - Elsevier
We propose a new class of finite element approximations to ideal compressible
magnetohydrodynamic equations in smooth regime. Following variational approaches …