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A method of fundamental solutions for large-scale 3D elastance and mobility problems
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Mathematics (Dept.), Numerical Analysis, Optimization and Systems Theory.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0613-1426
Flatiron Inst, Ctr Computat Math, New York, NY 10010 USA.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Mathematics (Dept.), Numerical Analysis, Optimization and Systems Theory.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4290-1670
2025 (English)In: Advances in Computational Mathematics, ISSN 1019-7168, E-ISSN 1572-9044, Vol. 51, no 5, article id 45Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The method of fundamental solutions (MFS) is known to be effective for solving 3D Laplace and Stokes Dirichlet boundary value problems in the exterior of a large collection of simple smooth objects. Here, we present new scalable MFS formulations for the corresponding elastance and mobility problems. The elastance problem computes the potentials of conductors with given net charges, while the mobility problem—crucial to rheology and complex fluid applications—computes rigid body velocities given net forces and torques on the particles. The key idea is orthogonal projection of the net charge (or forces and torques) in a rectangular variant of a “completion flow.” The proposal is compatible with one-body preconditioning, resulting in well-conditioned square linear systems amenable to fast multipole accelerated iterative solution, thus a cost linear in the particle number. For large suspensions with moderate lubrication forces, MFS sources on inner proxy-surfaces give accuracy on par with a well-resolved boundary integral formulation. Our several numerical tests include a suspension of 10,000 nearby ellipsoids, using 2.6 x 107 total preconditioned degrees of freedom, where GMRES converges to five digits of accuracy in under two hours on one workstation.

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Springer Nature , 2025. Vol. 51, no 5, article id 45
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Elliptic PDE, Mobility, Stokes flow, Rigid bodies, Completion formulation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-374664DOI: 10.1007/s10444-025-10258-4ISI: 001587490800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105018234799OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-374664DiVA, id: diva2:2026153
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