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Publications and source records attributed to Dina Razafindralandy.
Within the Large Eddy Simulation framework, we propose a methodology based on the Lie theory to derive symmetry-preserving turbulence models. We apply this methodology to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.} These models explicitly depend on both the filtered strain-rate tensor and the filtered vorticity tensor. Particular emphasis is placed on models that additionally ensure stability.
A stability analysis of the Borel-Laplace series summation technique, used as explicit time integrator, is carried out. Its numerical performance on stiff and non-stiff problems is analyzed. Applications to ordinary and partial differential equations are presented. The results are compared with those of many popular schemes designed for stiff and non-stiff equations.
A group theoretic analysis of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations of an ideal gas are carried out. The 12-dimensional Lie symmetry group is computed. The commutation table and the Levi decomposition of its Lie algebra are presented. The equations are reduced and self-similar one-, two- and three-dimensional solutions are computed. Many of them are graphically illustrated.
This article introduces a new and general construction of discrete Hodge operator in the context of Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC). This discrete Hodge operator enables to circumvent the well-centeredness limitation on the mesh with the popular diagonal Hodge. It allows a dual mesh based on any interior point, such as the incenter or the barycenter. It opens the way towards mesh-optimized discrete Hodge operators. In the particular case of a well-centered triangulation, it reduces to the diagonal Hodge if the dual mesh is circumcentric. Based on an analytical development, this discrete Hodge does not make use of Whitney forms, and is exact on piecewise constant forms, whichever interior point is chosen for the construction of the dual mesh. Numerical tests oriented to the resolution of fluid mechanics problems and thermal transfer are carried out. Convergence on various types of mesh is investigated.
This article reviews some integrators particularly suitable for the numerical resolution of differential equations on a large time interval. Symplectic integrators are presented. Their stability on exponentially large time is shown through numerical examples. Next, Dirac integrators for constrained systems are exposed. An application on chaotic dynamics is presented. Lastly, for systems having no exploitable geometric structure, the Borel-Laplace integrator is presented. Numerical experiments on Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian systems are carried out, as well as on a partial differential equation. Keywords: Symplectic integrators, Dirac integrators, long-time stability, Borel summation, divergent series.
Since they represent fundamental physical properties in turbulence (conservation laws, wall laws, Kolmogorov energy spectrum, ...), symmetries are used to analyse common turbulence models. A class of symmetry preserving turbulence models is proposed. This class is refined such that the models respect the second law of thermodynamics. Finally, an example of model belonging to the class is numerically tested.