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Trilinear Immersed-Finite-Element Method For Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Interface Problems In Plasma Thrusters
AIAA Journal
  • Yajie Han
  • Guangqing Xia
  • Chang Lu
  • Xiaoming He, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Accurately solving the anisotropic interface problem is one of the difficulties in aerospace plasma applications. Based on cubic Cartesian meshes, this paper develops a trilinear nonhomogeneous immersed finite element (IFE) method for solving the complex anisotropic 3D elliptic interface model with nonhomogeneous flux jump. Compared with the existing 3D linear IFE spaces based on tetrahedron meshes, the newly designed trilinear IFE space for the target model simplifies the mesh generation, significantly reduces the number of mesh elements and interface elements, provides much more convenient and efficient ways for finding the intersections between interfaces and mesh edges, and decreases the errors. These advantages lead to much higher efficiency when solving complex anisotropic interface problems in practice. In addition, the proposed method can be easily incorporated into other typical methods based on Cartesian meshes, such as the particle-in-cell method for plasma simulation. Numerical experiments are provided to verify the optimal accuracy, high efficiency, and reliability of the proposed method for solving complex interface problems, as well as its applicability to practical plasma thruster problems.

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Mathematics and Statistics
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National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant SJMYF2022X06

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English
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© 2023 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Publication Date
01 Jan 2023
Citation Information
Yajie Han, Guangqing Xia, Chang Lu and Xiaoming He. "Trilinear Immersed-Finite-Element Method For Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Interface Problems In Plasma Thrusters" AIAA Journal Vol. 61 Iss. 10 (2023) p. 4267 - 4284 ISSN: 1533-385X; 0001-1452
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xiaoming-he/116/