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This paper examines two key features of time-dependent conformal mappings in doubly-connected regions, the evolution of the conformal modulus Q(t) and the boundary transformation generalizing the Hilbert transform. It also applies the theory to an unsteady free surface flow. Focusing on inviscid, incompressible, irrotational fluid sloshing in a rectangular vessel, it is shown that the explicit calculation of the conformal modulus is essential to correctly predict features of the flow. Results are also presented for fully dynamic simulations which use a time-dependent conformal mapping and the Garrick generalization of the Hilbert transform to map the physical domain to a time-dependent rectangle in the computational domain. The results of this new approach are compared to the complementary numerical scheme of Frandsen (J. Comput. Phys. 196:53–87, 14) and it is shown that correct calculation of the conformal modulus is essential in order to obtain agreement between the two methods.
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Turner, M.R., Bridges, T.J. Time-dependent conformal mapping of doubly-connected regions. Adv Comput Math 42, 947–972 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-015-9448-6
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