A review: Applications of the spectral finite element method

MB Hafeez, M Krawczuk - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Spectral Finite Element Technique (SFEM) has Several Applications in the
Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics, which will be Covered in this Review Article. The …

Toward exascale: overview of large eddy simulations and direct numerical simulations of nuclear reactor flows with the spectral element method in Nek5000

E Merzari, P Fischer, M Min, S Kerkemeier… - Nuclear …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
At the beginning of the last decade, Petascale supercomputers (ie, computers capable of
more than 1 petaFLOP) emerged. Now, at the dawn of exascale supercomputing, we …

[HTML][HTML] On numerical uncertainties in scale-resolving simulations of canonical wall turbulence

S Rezaeiravesh, R Vinuesa, P Schlatter - Computers & Fluids, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study focuses on applying different metrics to assess accuracy, robustness and
sensitivity of scale-resolving simulations of turbulent channel flow, when the numerical …

Evolution of flow structure from a coaxial synthetic jet

S Panda, TB Gohil, V Arumuru - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we propose and demonstrate a novel coaxial synthetic jet (CSJ) in which two
cavities are arranged coaxially with 0° orientation angle with inner and annular orifices of …

Nektar++: Design and implementation of an implicit, spectral/hp element, compressible flow solver using a Jacobian-free Newton Krylov approach

ZG Yan, Y Pan, G Castiglioni, K Hillewaert… - … & Mathematics with …, 2021 - Elsevier
At high Reynolds numbers the use of explicit in time compressible flow simulations with
spectral/hp element discretization can become significantly limited by time step. To alleviate …

Role of phase-difference between two adjacent rectangular synthetic jet actuators in active control of flow over a rounded ramp

E Asgari, M Tadjfar - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In the current study, the role of phase-difference between signals of two adjacent synthetic
jet actuators (SJAs) in active control of flow over a rounded ramp geometry has been …

Boundary layer transition induced by low-speed synthetic jets

A Palumbo, O Semeraro, JC Robinet, L de Luca - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of low-speed, circular synthetic jets (SJ) on the turbulent transition of a laminar
boundary layer is studied through direct numerical simulations. The SJ capability in fixating …

Numerical investigation of the flow and thermal behavior of impinging single and multi-orifice synthetic jets with different waveforms

PK Singh, AK Shah, SN Tripathi, H Yadav… - … Heat Transfer, Part A …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The present article reports the thermal and flow characteristics of single and multi-orifice
circular synthetic jet for different waveform shapes through numerical investigation. Present …

Focusing of jet from synthetic jet array using non-linear phase delay

J Pasa, S Panda, V Arumuru - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In the present investigation, a novel focusing technique is proposed and demonstrated to
enhance the strength of a synthetic jet array (SJ array). Here, for the same geometric and …

Cost vs Accuracy: DNS of turbulent flow over a sphere using structured immersed-boundary, unstructured finite-volume, and spectral-element methods

F Capuano, N Beratlis, F Zhang, Y Peet… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
We report a comparative study of three numerical solvers for the direct numerical simulation
of the flow over a sphere at Re= 3700. A high-order spectral-element code (Nek5000), a …