Particle coalescing with angular momentum conservation in SPH simulations

Abstract

The present work introduces a simple, yet effective particle coalescing procedure for two-dimensional SPH simulations with spatially varying resolution. In addition to the regular conservation properties of former algorithms concerning the mass and linear momentum, the current model provides the exact conservation of the angular momentum as well. The detailed discussion of the coalescing method is followed by its verification through a frozen Taylor-Green vortex example with gradually derefined particle configuration. As a demonstration of the applicability of the proposed technique, a typical weakly compressible dam break simulation and an evolution of a two-dimensional Taylor-Green vortex pattern with local refinement are presented and comparisons are made with analytical and experimental data.