A new algorithm for simulating viscoelastic flows accommodating piecewise linear finite elements

  • Authors:

  • A. P. Brasil Jr.;J. H. Carneiro de Araujo;V. Ruas

  • Affiliations:

  • Departamento de Engenharia Mecínica, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil;Departamento de Ciência da Computação, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil and Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecínica, Universidade Federal Flumine ...;Equipe d'Analyse Numérique, Université de Saint-Etienne, France and Laboratoire de Modélisation en Mécanique, Université P. & M. Curie, France and Programa de Póó ...

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

A three-field finite element scheme designed for solving time-dependent systems of partial differential equations governing viscoelastic flows is introduced. The linearized form of this system is a generalized time-dependent Stokes system. Once a classical time-discretization is performed, the resulting three-field system of equations allows for a stable approximation of velocity, pressure and extra stress tensor, by means of continuous piecewise linear finite elements, in both two and three dimension space. Another advantage of the new formulation is the fact that it implicitly provides an algorithm for the iterative resolution of system non-linearities, in the case of viscoelastic flows. Additionally, convergence in an appropriate sense applying to these three flow fields is demonstrated, for such generalized Stokes system. Numerical results are given in order to illustrate the performance of the new approach.