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Study of 'Wedge-Shaped'-Hopper with different geometric arrangements Back to >>
Study of 'Wedge-Shaped'-Hopper with different 
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Description of the flow problem
Description of the spatial discretization
Description of the temporal discretization
Computer requirements
Mathematical details




Description of the flow problem

  • wedge shaped domain with half-angle 20
  • inflow b.c.'s: velocity due to gravity at the top of the hopper
  • outflow b.c's: velocity due to gravity at the bottom of the hopper
  • Other b.c.'s: zero velocity at the fixed walls
  • initial condition at t=0: starting from rest
  • viscosity parameter: 1/nu=1,000




Description of the spatial discretization

  • coarse mesh (=level 1): 16 cells, 25 vertices, 96 d.o.f.`s



  • uniform refinements with exact boundary adaption
  • visualization on level 6: 16,384 cells, 16,641 vertices, 82,432 d.o.f.`s
  • computational mesh on level 6: 16,384 cells, 16,641 vertices, 82,432 d.o.f.`s
  • nonconforming nonparametric rotated bilinear fem's (meanvalue version), UPW




Description of the temporal discretization

  • equidistant time stepping for computation with k=0.01
  • equidistant time stepping for visualization with k=0.5 (= 1 frame)
  • Total time T=6 corresponds to 3,000 time steps
  • fractional step theta scheme




Computer requirements

  • Date: 03/30/2004
  • Simulation by: Mandali Venkata Himachandar
  • Visualization by: Mandali Venkata Himachandar
  • Pentium III /500 MHz : 17.66 MB, 629.42 seconds
  • GMV data: 2.27 MB
  • Software: FEATFLOW1.2 + BOUSS_POWERLAW




Mathematical details

  • For more details about numerical and algorithmic aspects see the `Mathematical Background' in the FEATFLOW manual or visit our paper archive for much more details.
  • The problem-specific data for the applied software version including parameter files and input data can be downloaded here!




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