Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian and Fluid-Structure Interaction: Numerical Simulation

This book provides the fundamental basics for solving fluid structure interaction problems, and describes different algorithms and numerical methods used to solve problems where fluid and structure can be weakly or strongly coupled. These approaches are illustrated with examples arising from industrial or academic applications. Each of these approaches has its own performance and limitations. The added mass technique is described first. Following this, for general coupling problems involving large deformation of the structure, the Navier-Stokes equations need to be solved in a moving mesh using an ALE formulation. The main aspects of the fluid structure coupling are then developed. The first and by far simplest coupling method is explicit partitioned coupling. In order to preserve the flexibility and modularity that are inherent in the partitioned coupling, we also describe the implicit partitioned coupling using an iterative process. In order to reduce computational time for large-scale problems, an introduction to the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) technique applied to FSI problems is also presented. To extend the application of coupling problems, mathematical descriptions and numerical simulations of multiphase problems using level set techniques for interface tracking are presented and illustrated using specific coupling problems. Given the book's comprehensive coverage, engineers, graduate students and researchers involved in the simulation of practical fluid structure interaction problems will find this book extremely useful.

Table of Contents:
Introduction xi Mhamed SOULI Chapter 1. Introduction to Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian in Finite Element Methods 1 David J. BENSON 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Governing equations 3 1.3. Operator splitting 4 1.4. The Lagrangian step 7 1.5. Mesh relaxation 25 1.6. The Eulerian step 27 1.7. Future research directions 44 1.8. Bibliography 45 Application to Dynamic Problems 51 Mhamed SOULI 2.1. Introduction 51 2.2. General ALE description of Navier–Stokes equations 54 2.3. Fluid–structure interaction 57 2.4. Numerical applications 72 Chapter 2. Fluid–Structure Interaction: Application to Dynamic Problems 51 Mhamed SOULI 2.5. Conclusion 104 2.6. Acknowledgments 104 2.7. Bibliography 105 Chapter 3. Implicit Partitioned Coupling in Fluid–Structure Interaction 109 Michael SCHÄFER 3.1. Introduction 109 3.2. Computational fluid mechanics 110 3.3. Computational structural mechanics 121 3.4. Fluid–structure interaction algorithms 136 3.5. Results and applications 150 3.6. Bibliography 161 Chapter 4. Avoiding Instabilities Caused by Added Mass Effects in Fluid–Structure Interaction Problems 165 Sergio IDELSOHN, Facundo DEL PIN and Riccardo ROSSI 4.1. Introduction 165 4.2. The discretized equations to be solved in a FSI problem 169 4.3. Monolithic solution of the FSI equations by pressure segregation 174 4.4. Static condensation of the pressure 176 4.5. Evaluation of the Laplace matrix for FSI problems 187 4.6. The partitioned (or staggered) scheme 189 4.7. Numerical examples 195 4.8. Conclusions 215 4.9. Acknowledgments 216 4.10. Bibliography 216 Chapter 5. Multidomain Finite Element Computations: Application to Multiphasic Problems 221 Thierry COUPEZ, Hugues DIGONNET, Elie HACHEM, Patrice LAURE, Luisa SILVA, Rudy VALETTE 5.1. Introduction 221 5.2. Characterization of different phases 228 5.3. Stabilized finite element formulations 240 5.4. Multiphasic problems with fluid–air and fluid–fluid interface 256 5.5. Immersion of solid bodies in fluid 264 5.6. Conclusion 281 5.7. Acknowledgements 282 5.8. Bibliography 282 List of Authors 291 Index 293