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Membrane Deformation without Convergence or Mass Conservation

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In the attached file I deform a spherical membrane filled with water with a force applied across a boundary. The applied force appears to cause a deformation that does not converge, but just continues to expand in the direction of the force without stopping. Furthermore, although I have specified the inner fluid to be nearly incompressible, the object appears to constantly increase in volume, suggesting that mass is not conserved. How can I set up this problem such that a deformation at one point on the object causes a complementary deformation elsewhere on the object such that volume is conserved?


1 Reply Last Post 2015年4月22日 GMT-4 02:35
Henrik Sönnerlind COMSOL Employee

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Posted: 10 years ago 2015年4月22日 GMT-4 02:35
Hi,

My colleague Walter has written two very interesting blog posts on the theme of controlling the volume of a cavity:

www.comsol.com/blogs/computing-controlling-volume-cavity
www.comsol.com/blogs/modeling-hydrostatic-pressure-fluid-deformable-container

I think they will contain the information you are looking for.

Regards,
Henrik
Hi, My colleague Walter has written two very interesting blog posts on the theme of controlling the volume of a cavity: https://www.comsol.com/blogs/computing-controlling-volume-cavity https://www.comsol.com/blogs/modeling-hydrostatic-pressure-fluid-deformable-container I think they will contain the information you are looking for. Regards, Henrik

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