The Dune FoamGrid implementation for surface and network grids

  • Oliver Sander (Author)
    TU Dresden
  • Timo Koch (Author)
    University of Stuttgart
    Department of Hydromechanics and Modelling of Hydrosystems, PhD Student
  • Natalie Schröder (Author)
    University of Stuttgart
  • Bernd Flemisch (Author)
    University of Stuttgart

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Abstract

We present FoamGrid, a new implementation of the Dune grid interface. FoamGrid
implements one- and two-dimensional grids in a physical space of arbitrary dimension, which
allows for grids for curved domains. Even more, the grids are not expected to have a manifold
structure, i.e., more than two elements can share a common facet. This makes FoamGrid the
grid data structure of choice for simulating structures such as foams, discrete fracture networks,
or network flow problems. FoamGrid implements adaptive non-conforming refinement with
element parametrizations. As an additional feature it allows removal and addition of elements
in an existing grid, which makes FoamGrid suitable for network growth problems. We show
how to use FoamGrid, with particular attention to the extensions of the grid interface needed
to handle non-manifold topology and grid growth. Three numerical examples demonstrate the
possibilities offered by FoamGrid.

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Published
2017-04-03
Language
en
Academic discipline and sub-disciplines
Scientific Computing
Keywords
network grids, geometric PDEs, dune, grid implementation