A generalized wall boundary condition for smoothed particle hydrodynamics

S. Adami, X. Y. Hu, N. A. Adams

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Abstract

In this paper we present a new formulation of the boundary condition at static and moving solid walls in SPH simulations. Our general approach is both applicable to two and three dimensions and is very simple compared to previous wall boundary formulations. Based on a local force balance between wall and fluid particles we apply a pressure boundary condition on the solid particles to prevent wall penetration. This method can handle sharp corners and complex geometries as is demonstrated with several examples. A validation shows that we recover hydrostatic equilibrium conditions in a static tank, and a comparison of the classical dam break simulation with state-of-the-art results in literature shows good agreement. We simulate various problems such as the flow around a cylinder and the backward facing step at Re=100 to demonstrate the general applicability of this new method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7057-7075
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Computational Physics
Volume231
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Aug 2012

Keywords

  • Boundary condition
  • SPH
  • Solid walls

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