Abstract
Fluid-structure simulations of slender inextensible filaments in a viscous fluid are often plagued by numerical stiffness. Recent coarse-graining studies have reduced the computational requirements of simulating such systems, though they have thus far been limited to the motion of planar filaments. In this paper we extend such frameworks to filament motion in three dimensions, identifying and circumventing coordinate-system singularities introduced by filament parametrization via repeated changes of basis. The resulting methodology enables efficient and rapid study of the motion of flexible filaments in three dimensions, and is readily extensible to a wide range of problems, including filament motion in confined geometries, large-scale active matter simulations, and the motility of mammalian spermatozoa.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 123103 |
| Journal | Physical Review Fluids |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - 17 Dec 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are grateful to Prof. Derek Moulton for discussions on elastic filaments, and to Prof. David Smith for discussions on basis rotation. B.J.W. is supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Grant No. EP/N509711/1. K.I. acknowledges Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI for Young Researcher (Grant No. JP18K13456); and Japan Science and Technology Agency PRESTO Grant No. JPMJPR1921. Elements of the simulations were performed using the cluster computing system within the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University.
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Funding
We are grateful to Prof. Derek Moulton for discussions on elastic filaments, and to Prof. David Smith for discussions on basis rotation. B.J.W. is supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Grant No. EP/N509711/1. K.I. acknowledges Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI for Young Researcher (Grant No. JP18K13456); and Japan Science and Technology Agency PRESTO Grant No. JPMJPR1921. Elements of the simulations were performed using the cluster computing system within the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mechanics
- Modelling and Simulation
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes