We show how a stable and accurate hybrid procedure for fluid flow can be constructed. Two separate solvers, one using high order finite difference methods and another using the node-centered unstructured finite volume method are coupled in a truly stable way. The two flow solvers run independently and receive and send information from each other by using a third coupling code. Exact solutions t...

This paper, which is largely the fruit of an invited talk on the topic at the latest International Conference on Coastal Engineering, describes the state of the art of modelling by means of Boussinesq-type models (BTMs). Motivations for using BTMs as well as their fundamentals are illustrated, with special attention to the interplay between the physics to be described, the chosen model equation...

1. Poisson Equation 1 2. Outline of Topics 3 2.1. Finite Difference Method 3 2.2. Finite Element Method 3 2.3. Finite Volume Method 3 2.4. Sobolev Spaces and Theory on Elliptic Equations 3 2.5. Iterative Methods: Conjugate Gradient and Multigrid Methods 3 2.6. Nonlinear Elliptic Equations 3 2.7. Fast Multiple Method 3 3. Physical Examples 4 3.1. Gauss’ law and Newtonian gravity 4 3.2. Electrost...

The immersed finite element-finite difference (IFED) method is a computational approach to modeling interactions between fluid and an structure. This uses element (FE) approximate the stresses forces on structural mesh (FD) momentum of entire fluid-structure system Cartesian grid. fundamental used by this follows boundary framework for interaction (FSI), in which force spreading operator prolon...

Many applications based on finite element and finite difference methods include the solution of large sparse linear systems using preconditioned iterative methods. Matrix vector multiplication is one of the key operations that has a significant impact on the performance of any iterative solver. In this paper, recent developments in sparse storage formats on vector machines are reviewed. Then, s...