Author(s): R. Vacondio; P. Mignosa
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Abstract: In this paper a Finite PointSet Method for the numerical simulation of viscous incompressible flow in presence of free surface is presented. Finite Pointset Method is a pure Lagrangian method based on Moving Least Square interpolations and uses a Projection Method to reproduce the incompressibility. In this paper a modified form of Chorin's original method is presented: the main advantage of this new formulation is the capability to reproduce the hydrostatic condition for free surface flow. A new technique for free surface detection based on the the geometrical characteristics of particle positions is proposed and tested: this solves problems of free surface detection of methods used in Incompressible SPH. In order to stabilize the numerical model a variable smoothing length and an algorithm to insert and remove particles is applied.
Year: 2009