Hi

Where can I find introductory information on Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Methods? I have experience with FE but I am new to Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Methods.

Thank You

Hi,

You can read these articles to know, at least, the general idea of the ALE method.

[1] Maury, B., Glowinski, R., Fluid-particle flow: a symmetric formulation, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 324 (1997) 1079-1084.

[2] Hu, H. H., Direct simulation of flows of solid-liquid mixtures, Int. J. Multiphase Flow 22 (1996) 335-352.

[3] Choi, H.G., Splitting method for the combined formulation of the fluid-particle problem, Comp. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 190 (2000) 1367-1378.

[4] Hu, H.H, Patankar, N.A., Zhu, M.Y., Direct numerical simulations of fluid-solid systems using the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian technique, J. Comp. Physics 169 (2001) 427-462.

Good luck!

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