A three-dimensional semi-implicit unstructured grid finite volume ocean model

A new three-dimensional semi-implicit finite-volume ocean model has been developed for simulating the coastal ocean circulation, which is based on the staggered C-unstructured non-orthogonal grid in the hor- izontal direction and z-level grid in the vertical direction. The three-dimensional model is discretized by the semi-implicit finite-volume method, in that the free-surface and the vertical diffusion are semi-implicit, thereby removing stability limitations associated with the surface gravity wave and vertical diffusion terms. The remaining terms in the momentum equations are discretized explicitly by an integral method. The partial cell method is used for resolving topography, which enables the model to better represent irregular topography. The model has been tested against analytical cases for wind and tidal oscillation circulation, and is applied to simulating the tidal flow in the Bohal Sea. The results are in good agreement both with the analytical solutions and measurement results.

Moving-Particle Semi-Implicit Method for Vortex Patterns and Roll Damping of 2D Ship Sections

A meshless method, Moving-Particle Semi-hnplicit Method （MPS） is presented in this paper to simulate the rolling of different 2D ship sections. Sections S. S. 0.5, S.S. 5.0 and S. S. 7.0 of series 60 with CB = 0.6 are chosen for the simulation. It shows that the result of MPS is very close to results of experiments or mesh-numerical simulations. In the simulation of MPS, vortices are found periodically in bilges of ship sections. In section S. S. 5.0 and section S. S. 7.0, which are close to the middle ship, two little vortices are found at different bilges of the section, in section S. S. 0.5, which is close to the bow, only one big vortex is found at the bottom of the section, these vortices patterns are consistent with the theory of Ikeda. The distribution of shear stress and pressure on the rolling hull of ship section is calculated. When vortices are in bilges of the section, the sign clmnge of pressure can be found, but in section S. S. 0.5, there is no sign change of pressure because only one vortex in the bottom of the section. With shear stress distribution, it can be found the shear stress in bilges is bigger than that at other part of the ship section. As the free surface is considered, the shear stress of both sides near the free surface is close to zero and even sign changed.

Numerical simulation of viscous liquid sloshing by moving-particle semi-implicit method

A meshless numerical simulation method, the moving-particle semi-implicit method （MPS） is presented in this paper to study the sloshing phenomenon in ocean and naval engineering. As a meshless method, MPS uses particles to replace the mesh in traditional methods, the governing equations are discretized by virtue of the relationship of particles, and the Poisson equation of pressure is solved by incomplete Cholesky conjugate gradient method （ICCG）, the free surface is tracked by the change of numerical density. A numerical experiment of viscous liquid sloshing tank was presented and compared with the result got by the difference method with the VOF, and an additional modification step was added to make the simulation more stable. The results show that the MPS method is suitable for the simulation of viscous liquid sloshing, with the advantage in arranging the particles easily, especially on some complex curved surface.

An improved semi-implicit direct kinetics method for transient analysis of nuclear reactors

Semi-implicit direct kinetics(SIDK)is an innovative method for the temporal discretization of neutronic equations proposed by J.Banfield.The key approximation of the SIDK method is to substitute a timeaveraged quantity for the fission source term in the delayed neutron differential equations.Hence,these equations are decoupled from prompt neutron equations and an explicit analytical representation of precursor groups is obtained,which leads to a significant reduction in computational cost.As the fission source is not known in a time step,the original study suggested using a constant quantity pertaining to the previous time step for this purpose,and a reduction in the size of the time step was proposed to lessen the imposed errors.However,this remedy notably diminishes the main advantage of the SIDK method.We discerned that if the original method is properly introduced into the algorithm of the point-implicit solver along with some modifications,the mentioned drawbacks will be mitigated adequately.To test this idea,a novel multigroup,multi-dimensional diffusion code using the finitevolume method and a point-implicit solver is developed which works in both transient and steady states.In addition to the SIDK,two other kinetic methods,i.e.,direct kinetics and higher-order backward discretization,are programmed into the diffusion code for comparison with the proposed model.The final code is tested at different conditions of two well-known transient benchmark problems.Results indicate that while the accuracy of the improved SIDK is closely comparable with the best available kinetic methods,it reduces the total time required for computation by up to 24%.

Large deformation simulations of geomaterials using moving particle semi-implicit method

Numerical simulation tools are required to describe large deformations of geomaterials for evaluating the risk of geo-disasters. This study focused on moving particle semi-implicit(MPS) method, which is a Lagrangian gridless particle method, and investigated its performance and stability to simulate large deformation of geomaterials. A calculation method was developed using geomaterials modeled as Bingham fluids to improve the original MPS method and enhance its stability. Two numerical tests showed that results from the improved MPS method was in good agreement with the theoretical value.Furthermore, numerical simulations were calibrated by laboratory experiments. It showed that the simulation results matched well with the experimentally observed free-surface configurations for flowing sand. In addition, the model could generally predict the time-history of the impact force. The MPS method could be a useful tool to evaluate large deformation of geomaterials.

Moving particle semi-implicit simulation on the molten Wood's metal downward relocation process

In the case of a severe accident involving nuclear reactors,an important aspect that should be considered is the leakage of molten material from the inside of the reactor into the environment.These molten materials damage other reactor components,such as electrical tubes,grid plates and core catchers.In this study,the moving particle semi-implicit(MPS)method is adopted and improved to analyze the twodimensional downward relocation process of molten Wood’s metal as a representation of molten material in a nuclear reactor.The molten material impinges the Wood’s metal plate(WMP),which is mounted on a rigid dummy stainless steel in a cylindrical test vessel.The breaching process occurs because of heat transfer between the molten material and WMP.The formed breach areas were in good agreement with the experimental results,and they showed that the molten Wood’s metal spread above the WMP.The solid WMP fraction decreased with time until it reached the termination time of the simulation.The present results show that the MPS method can be applied to simulate and analyze the downward relocation process of molten material in the grid plate of a nuclear reactor.

The Semi-implicit Euler Method for Stochastic Pantograph Equations with Jumps

In this paper,we present the semi-implicit Euler（SIE）numerical solution for stochastic pantograph equations with jumps and prove that the SIE approximation solution converges to the exact solution in the mean-square sense under the Local Lipschitz condition.

Stability of Semi-implicit Finite Volume Scheme for Level Set Like Equation

We study numerical methods for level set like equations arising in image processing and curve evolution problems. Semi-implicit finite volume-element type schemes are constructed for the general level set like equation （image selective smoothing model） given by Alvarez et al. （Alvarez L, Lions P L, Morel J M. Image selective smoothing and edge detection by nonlinear diffusion II. SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 1992, 29： 845-866）. Through the reasonable semi-implicit discretization in time and co-volume method for space approximation, we give finite volume schemes, unconditionally stable in L∞ and W1＇2 （W1＇1） sense in isotropic （anisotropic） diffu- sion domain.

A Semi-Implicit Scheme of Lattice Boltzmann Method for Two Dimensional Cavity Flow Simulation

The calculation sequence of collision, propagation and macroscopic variables is not very clear in lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) code implementation. According to the definition, three steps should be computed on all nodes respectively, which mean three loops are needed. While the “pull” scheme makes the only one loop possible for coding, this is called semi-implicit scheme in this study. The accuracy and efficiency of semi-implicit scheme are discussed in detail through the simulation of lid-driven cavity flow. Non-equilibrium extrapolation scheme is adopted on the boundary of simulation area. The results are compared with two classic articles, which show that semi-implicit scheme has good agreement with the classic scheme. When Re is less than 3000, the iterations steps of semi-scheme can be decreased by about 30% though comparing the semi-implicit scheme with standard scheme containing three loops. As the Re increases into more than 3400, the standard scheme is not converged. On the contrary, the iterations of semi-implicit scheme are approximately linear to Re.

High Order Semi-implicit Multistep Methods for Time-Dependent Partial Differential Equations

We consider the construction of semi-implicit linear multistep methods that can be applied to time-dependent PDEs where the separation of scales in additive form,typically used in implicit-explicit(IMEX)methods,is not possible.As shown in Boscarino et al.(J.Sci.Comput.68:975-1001,2016)for Runge-Kutta methods,these semi-implicit techniques give a great flexibility,and allow,in many cases,the construction of simple linearly implicit schemes with no need of iterative solvers.In this work,we develop a general setting for the construction of high order semi-implicit linear multistep methods and analyze their stability properties for a prototype lineal'advection-diffusion equation and in the setting of strong stability preserving(SSP)methods.Our findings are demonstrated on several examples,including nonlinear reaction-diffusion and convection-diffusion problems.

A Novel Staggered Semi-implicit Space-Time Discontinuous Galerkin Method for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations

A new high-order accurate staggered semi-implicit space-time discontinuous Galerkin(DG)method is presented for the simulation of viscous incompressible flows on unstructured triangular grids in two space dimensions.The staggered DG scheme defines the discrete pressure on the primal triangular mesh,while the discrete velocity is defined on a staggered edge-based dual quadrilateral mesh.In this paper,a new pair of equal-order-interpolation velocity-pressure finite elements is proposed.On the primary triangular mesh(the pressure elements),the basis functions are piecewise polynomials of degree N and are allowed to jump on the boundaries of each triangle.On the dual mesh instead(the velocity elements),the basis functions consist in the union of piecewise polynomials of degree N on the two subtriangles that compose each quadrilateral and are allowed to jump only on the dual element boundaries,while they are continuous inside.In other words,the basis functions on the dual mesh arc built by continuous finite elements on the subtriangles.This choice allows the construction of an efficient,quadrature-free and memory saving algorithm.In our coupled space-time pressure correction formulation for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations,the arbitrary high order of accuracy in time is achieved through tire use of time-dependent test and basis functions,in combination with simple and efficient Picard iterations.Several numerical tests on classical benchmarks confirm that the proposed method outperforms existing staggered semi-implicit space-time DG schemes,not only from a computer memory point of view,but also concerning the computational time.

Semi-Implicit Scheme to Solve Allen-Cahn Equation with Different Boundary Conditions

The aim of this paper is to give an appropriate numerical method to solve Allen-Cahn equation, with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary condition. The time discretization involves an explicit scheme for the nonlinear part of the operator and an implicit Euler discretization of the linear part. Finite difference schemes are used for the spatial part. This finally leads to the numerical solution of a sparse linear system that can be solved efficiently.

A Semi-implicit Finite Volume Scheme for Incompressible Two-Phase Flows

This paper presents a mass and momentum conservative semi-implicit finite volume(FV)scheme for complex non-hydrostatic free surface flows,interacting with moving solid obstacles.A simplified incompressible Baer-Nunziato type model is considered for two-phase flows containing a liquid phase,a solid phase,and the surrounding void.According to the so-called diffuse interface approach,the different phases and consequently the void are described by means of a scalar volume fraction function for each phase.In our numerical scheme,the dynamics of the liquid phase and the motion of the solid are decoupled.The solid is assumed to be a moving rigid body,whose motion is prescribed.Only after the advection of the solid volume fraction,the dynamics of the liquid phase is considered.As usual in semi-implicit schemes,we employ staggered Cartesian control volumes and treat the nonlinear convective terms explicitly,while the pressure terms are treated implicitly.The non-conservative products arising in the transport equation for the solid volume fraction are treated by a path-conservative approach.The resulting semi-implicit FV discretization of the mass and momentum equations leads to a mildly nonlinear system for the pressure which can be efficiently solved with a nested Newton-type technique.The time step size is only limited by the velocities of the two phases contained in the domain,and not by the gravity wave speed nor by the stiff algebraic relaxation source term,which requires an implicit discretization.The resulting semi-implicit algorithm is first validated on a set of classical incompressible Navier-Stokes test problems and later also adds a fixed and moving solid phase.

Impact of a Three-Dimensional Reference State in a Global Semi-Implicit Semi-Lagrangian Non-Hydrostatic Atmospheric Model on Yin–Yang Grids

The definition of a reference state close to the realistic atmosphere in an atmospheric model is essential for deriving prognostic deviations and improving numerical accuracy.In this study,a new dynamical framework allowing easy switching between a one-dimensional(1D)and a three-dimensional(3D)time-independent reference state is developed for the semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian solver in a global non-hydrostatic atmospheric model on Yin–Yang grids.The 3D reference state is introduced with consideration of additional horizontal gradient terms of referencestate terms,which is different from the 1D reference state.It is characterized by reduced magnitude of deviations,more accurate pressure gradient force,as well as alleviated numerical noise.Four idealized benchmark tests and multiple full-physics real-case forecasts are carried out to assess the impact of the 3D and 1D reference states.The 3D reference state shows significant advantages in the simulation of atmospheric transport and wave propagation in the idealized experiments.In the real-case forecasts,batched forecasts from June to August 2021 show a comprehensive improvement in medium-range prediction by using the 3D reference state.The new scheme achieves an enhanced prediction skill for large-scale circulation and extends the effective forecast period by 0.8 days in the Northern Hemisphere.

A semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian global nonhydrostatic model and the polar discretization scheme

The Global/Regional Assimilation and PrEdiction System(GRAPES) is a newly developed global non-hydrostatic numerical prediction model,which will become the next generation medium-range opera-tional model at China Meteorological Administration(CMA).The dynamic framework of GRAPES is featuring with fully compressible equations,nonhydrostatic or hydrostatic optionally,two-level time semi-Lagrangian and semi-implicit time integration,Charney-Phillips vertical staggering,and complex three-dimensional pre-conditioned Helmholtz solver,etc.Concerning the singularity of horizontal momentum equations at the poles,the polar discretization schemes are described,which include adoption of Arakawa C horizontal grid with ν at poles,incorporation of polar filtering to maintain the computational stability,the correction to Helmholtz equation near the poles,as well as the treatment of semi-Lagrangian interpolation to improve the departure point accuracy,etc.The balanced flow tests validate the rationality of the treatment of semi-Lagrangian departure point calculation and the polar discretization during long time integration.Held and Suarez tests show that the conservation proper-ties of GRAPES model are quite good.

A SEMI-IMPLICIT 3-D NUMERICAL MODEL USING SIGAM-COORDINATE FOR NON-HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE FREE-SURFACE FLOWS

A 3-D numerical formulation is proposed on the horizontal Cartesian, vertical sigma-coordinate grid for modeling non-hydrostatic pressure flee-surface flows. The pressure decomposition technique and 0 semi-implicit method are used, with the solution procedure being split into two steps. First, with the implicit parts of non-hydrostatic pressures excluded, the provisional velocity field and free surface are obtained by solving a 2-D Poisson equation. Second, the theory of the differential operator is employed to derive the 3-D Poisson equation for non-hydrostatic pressures, which is solved to obtain the non-hydrostatic pressures and to update the provisional velocity field. When the non-orthogonal sigma-coordinate transformation is introduced, additional terms come into being, resulting in a 15-diagonal, diagonally dominant but unsymmetric linear system in the 3-D Poisson equation for non-hydrostatic pressures. The Biconjugate Gradient Stabilized （BiCGstab） method is used to solve the resulting 3-D unsymmetric linear system instead of the conjugate gradient method, which can only be used for symmetric, positive-definite linear systems. Three test cases are used for validations. The successful simulations of the small-amplitude wave, a supercritical flow over a ramp and a turbulent flow in the open channel indicate that the new model can simulate well non-hydrostatic flows, supercritical flows and turbulent flows.

THE FORMULATION OF A PERFECT SQUARE CONSERVATIVE SEMI-IMPLICIT TIME DIFFERENCE SCHEME AND ITS PRELIMINARY CHECK

Quantitative studies of scientific problems require solving correspondent mathematical models. Although a great deal of mathematical models of evolutional problems are set up under continuous space-time meaning, they usually had to be solved numerically after space-time discretization because nonlinear mathematical models except some

基于移动粒子半隐式方法的非充满折流板双螺杆流道内混合

为提升传统双螺杆的混合能力,提出一种新型折流板双螺杆,独特的折流板结构可作用于物料的混合,但非充满状态下的流动和混合特性尚不明确。采用移动粒子半隐式方法(MPS)求解了黏性流体非充满输送状态下的两相界面,基于自主研制的全程可视化折流板挤出装备进行非充满输送实验。求解了黏性流体在非充满状态下的速度和压力分布,结合自编程序计算了粒子欧氏距离及有限时间的Lyapunov指数,表征折流板双螺杆的分布混合。结果表明数值模拟自由界面与实验结果保持一致,验证了半隐式方法求解的有效性。粒子示踪结果显示传统双螺杆远离啮合区存在明显的粒子聚并区域及较小平均有限时间的Lyapunov指数。而相对传统双螺杆,折流板双螺杆内欧氏距离和有限时间的Lyapunov指数的平均值较大,分布混合能力优于传统双螺杆。

Semi-Implicit Spectral Deferred Correction Method Based on the Invariant Energy Quadratization Approach for Phase Field Problems

This paper presents a high order time discretization method by combining the semi-implicit spectral deferred correction method with energy stable linear schemes to simulate a series of phase field problems.We start with the linear scheme,which is based on the invariant energy quadratization approach and is proved to be linear unconditionally energy stable.The scheme also takes advantage of avoiding nonlinear iteration and the restriction of time step to guarantee the nonlinear system uniquely solvable.Moreover,the scheme leads to linear algebraic system to solve at each iteration,and we employ the multigrid solver to solve it efficiently.Numerical re-sults are given to illustrate that the combination of local discontinuous Galerkin(LDG)spatial discretization and the high order temporal scheme is a practical,accurate and efficient simulation tool when solving phase field problems.Namely,we can obtain high order accuracy in both time and space by solving some simple linear algebraic equations.

AN IMPROVED SEMI-IMPLICIT TIME DIFFERENCE SCHEME OF SPECTRAL MODEL AND NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS

In fact,the popular semi-implicit time difference scheme of spectral model still includes some important linear terms using time explicit difference scheme,and the major terms are directly related to fast internal-and external-gravity waves in the atmospheric forecasting equation. Additionally,due to using time difference on two terms at different time.the popular scheme artificially introduces unbalance between pressure gradient force and Coriolis force terms while numerically computing their small difference between large quantities.According to the computational stability analysis conducted to the linear term time difference scheme in simple harmonic motion equation,one improved semi-implicit time difference scheme is also designed in our study.By adopting a kind of revised time-explicit-difference scheme to these linear terms that still included in spectral model governing equations,the defect of spectral model which only partly using semi-implicit integrating scheme can be overcome effectively.Moreover,besides all spectral coefficients of prognostic equations,especially of Helmholtz divergence equation,can be worked out without any numerical iteration,the time-step (computation stability) can also be enlarged (enhanced) by properly introducing an adjustable coefficient.