SUMMARYA new numerical method for Nwogu's (ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering 1993; 119:618) two-dimensional extended Boussinesq equations is presented using a linear triangular ÿnite element spatial discretization coupled with a sophisticated adaptive time integration package. The authors have previously presented a ÿnite element method for the one-dimensional form of these equations (M. Walkley and M. Berzins (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 1999; 29 (2):143)) and this paper describes the extension of these ideas to the two-dimensional equations and the application of the method to complex geometries using unstructured triangular grids. Computational results are presented for two standard test problems and a realistic harbour model. Copyright ?

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In this article, we present a one-field monolithic fictitious domain (FD) method for simulation of general fluid-structure interactions (FSI). "One-field" means only one velocity field is solved in the whole domain, based upon the use of an appropriate L 2 projection. "Monolithic" means the fluid and solid equations are solved synchronously (rather than sequentially). We argue that the proposed method has the same generality and robustness as FD methods with distributed Lagrange multiplier (DLM) but is significantly more computationally efficient (because of one-field) whilst being very straightforward to implement. The method is described in detail, followed by the presentation of multiple computational examples in order to validate it across a wide range of fluid and solid parameters and interactions.

An adaptive finite element algorithm is described for the stable solution of three-dimensional free-surface-flow problems based primarily on the use of node movement. The algorithm also includes a discrete remeshing procedure which enhances its accuracy and robustness. The spatial discretisation allows an isoparametric piecewise-quadratic approximation of the domain geometry for accurate resolution of the curved free surface. The technique is illustrated through an implementation for surface-tension-dominated viscous flows modelled in terms of the Stokes equations with suitable boundary conditions on the deforming free surface. Two three-dimensional test problems are used to demonstrate the performance of the method: the extension of a liquid bridge and the evolution of a fluid droplet.

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Abstract-Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) lie at the heart of numerous scientific simulations depicting physical phenomena. The parallelization of such simulations introduces additional performance penalties in the form of local and global synchronization among cooperating processes. Domain decomposition partitions the largest shareable data structures into sub-domains and attempts to achieve perfect load balance and minimal communication. Up to now research efforts to optimize spatial and temporal cache reuse for stencil-based PDE discretizations (e.g. finite difference and finite element) have considered sub-domain operations after the domain decomposition has been determined. We derive a cache-oblivious heuristic that minimizes cache misses at the sub-domain level through a quasi-cache-directed analysis to predict families of high performance domain decompositions in structured 3-D grids. To the best of our knowledge this is the first work to optimize domain decompositions by analyzing cache misses -thus connecting single core parameters (i.e. cache-misses) to true multicore parameters (i.e. domain decomposition). We analyze the trade-offs in decreasing cache-misses through such decompositions and increasing the dynamic bandwidth-per-core. The limitation of our work is that currently, it is applicable only to structured 3-D grids with cuts parallel to the Cartesian Axes. We emphasize and conclude that there is an imperative need to re-think domain decompositions in this constantly evolving multicore era.