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Article
Publication date: 14 September 2018

Chao Wang, Jinju Sun and Zihao Cheng

The present study aims to develop a vortex method capable for solving the complex vortical flows past the moving/deforming bodies.

Abstract

Purpose

The present study aims to develop a vortex method capable for solving the complex vortical flows past the moving/deforming bodies.

Design/methodology/approach

To achieve such a goal, some innovative work is conducted on the basis of vortex-in-cell (VIC) method that uses the improved semi-Lagrangian scheme. The penalization technique is incorporated with the VIC, which makes the complex boundaries of moving/deforming bodies readily treated. Iterative algorithm is further proposed for the penalization and used to solve the Poisson equation, which enhances the vorticity solution accuracy at the body boundary.

Findings

The developed method is used to simulate some distinct flows of different boundaries and features: the impulsively started circular cylinder flow represents the one-way coupling; the falling circular cylinder flow and ellipse leaf flow both represent the two-way coupling of moving boundary; the fish-like body flow represents the two-way fluid-structure interaction of deforming boundary. The vortical physics of the above flows are well revealed, and the developed method is proven capable in dealing with the complex fluid-structure interaction problems.

Originality/value

The penalization technique is incorporated with the semi-Lagrangian VIC method, which makes the complex boundaries of moving/deforming bodies readily treated. An iterative algorithm is further proposed for the penalization and used to solve the Poisson equation, which enhances the vorticity solution accuracy at the body boundary. The complex vortical physics of the moving/deforming body flows are well revealed, and the propulsive mechanism of fish-like swimmer is well illustrated with the present method.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 28 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Article
Publication date: 5 January 2010

R. Rossi and E. Oñate

The purpose of this paper is to analyse algorithms for fluid‐structure interaction (FSI) from a purely algorithmic point of view.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyse algorithms for fluid‐structure interaction (FSI) from a purely algorithmic point of view.

Design/methodology/approach

First of all a 1D model problem is selected, for which both the fluid and structural behavior are represented through a minimum number of parameters. Different coupling algorithm and time integration schemes are then applied to the simplified model problem and their properties are discussed depending on the values assumed by the parameters. Both exact and approximate time integration schemes are considered in the same framework so to allow an assessment of the different sources of error.

Findings

The properties of staggered coupling schemes are confirmed. An insight on the convergence behavior of iterative coupling schemes is provided. A technique to improve such convergence is then discussed.

Research limitations/implications

All the results are proved for a given family of time integration schemes. The technique proposed can be applied to other families of time integration techniques, but some of the analytical results need to be reworked under this assumption.

Practical implications

The problems that are commonly encountered in FSI can be justified by simple arguments. It can also be shown that the limit at which trivial iterative schemes experience convergence difficulties is very close to that at which staggered schemes become unstable.

Originality/value

All the results shown are based on simple mathematics. The problems are presented so to be independent of the particular choice for the solution of the fluid flow.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 27 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 15 November 2011

Soufien Essahbi, Emmanuel Perry‐Debain, Mohamed Haddar, Lotfi Hammami and Mabrouk Ben Tahar

The purpose of this paper is to present the extension of plane wave based method.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present the extension of plane wave based method.

Design/methodology/approach

The mixed functional are discretized using enriched finite elements. The fluid is discretized by enriched acoustic element, the structure by enriched structural finite element and the interface fluid‐structure by fluid‐structure interaction element.

Findings

Results obtained show the potentialities of the proposed method to solve a much larger class of wave problems in mid‐ and high‐frequency ranges.

Originality/value

The plane wave based method has previously been applied successfully to finite element and boundary element models for the Helmholtz equation and elastodynamic problems. This paper describes the extension of this method to the vibro‐acoustic problem.

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Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, vol. 7 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1573-6105

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Article
Publication date: 27 August 2021

Lydia Khouf, Mustapha Benaouicha, Abdelghani Seghir and Sylvain Guillou

The paper aims to present a numerical modeling procedure for the analysis of liquid sloshing in a flexible tank subjected to an external excitation, with taking into account the…

Abstract

Purpose

The paper aims to present a numerical modeling procedure for the analysis of liquid sloshing in a flexible tank subjected to an external excitation, with taking into account the effects of fluid–structure interaction (FSI).

Design/methodology/approach

A numerical model based on coupling a two-phase flow solver and an elastic solid solver is developed in OpenFOAM code. The Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian formulation is adopted for the two-phase Navier–Stokes equations in a moving domain. The volume of fluid (VOF) method is applied for the air–liquid interface tracking. The finite volume method is used for the spatial discretization of both the fluid and the structure dynamics equations. The FSI coupling problem is solved by an explicit coupling scheme. The model is validated for linear and nonlinear sloshing cases. Then, it is used to analyze the effects of the liquid sloshing on the dynamic response of the tank and the effects of the tank flexibility on the liquid sloshing.

Findings

The obtained results show that the flexibility of the tank walls amplifies the amplitude of the sloshing and increases the fluctuation period of the air–liquid interface. Furthermore, it is found that the bending moment acting on the tank walls may be underestimated when rigid walls assumption is adopted as usually done in sloshing tank modeling. Also, tank walls flexibility causes a phase shift in the free surface dynamic response.

Originality/value

A review of previous studies on liquid sloshing in flexible tanks revealed that FSI effects have not been clearly and comprehensively analyzed for large-amplitude liquid sloshing. Many physical and numerical aspects of this problem still require clarifications and enhancements. The added value of the present work and its originality lie in the investigation of large-amplitude liquid sloshing in flexible tanks by using a staggered coupling approach. This approach is carried out by an original combination of a linear solid solver with a two phase fluid solver in OpenFOAM code. In addition, FSI effects on some response quantities, identified and analyzed herein, have not been found in the previous works.

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World Journal of Engineering, vol. 20 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1708-5284

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Article
Publication date: 9 March 2010

M.R. Koohkan, R. Attarnejad and M. Nasseri

The purpose of this paper is to propose a semi‐analytical method for studying the interaction between reservoir and concrete gravity dams.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to propose a semi‐analytical method for studying the interaction between reservoir and concrete gravity dams.

Design/methodology/approach

The reservoir is assumed to be unbounded at the far end and the solution is sought for incompressible and in‐viscid fluid. A concrete gravity dam is assumed to behave as a cantilever beam of variable section, and the inclination of the neutral axis is ignored.

Findings

It is shown that use of the differential quadrature method (DQM), with a few grid points in conjunction with the finite difference method (FDM), yields an acceptable convergence of results. Comparing the results of the proposed method with those of the literature shows the competency of the method.

Originality/value

DQM for space derivatives and FDM for time derivatives are used to discretize the partial differential equation of motion.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 27 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 14 May 2020

Liang Yang, Andrew Buchan, Dimitrios Pavlidis, Alan Jones, Paul Smith, Mikio Sakai and Christopher Pain

This paper aims to propose a three-phase interpenetrating continua model for the numerical simulation of water waves and porous structure interaction.

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to propose a three-phase interpenetrating continua model for the numerical simulation of water waves and porous structure interaction.

Design/methodology/approach

In contrast with one-fluid formulation or multi-component methods, each phase has its own characteristics, density, velocity, etc., and each point is occupied by all phases. First, the porous structure is modelled as a phase of continua with a penalty force adding on the momentum equation, so the conservation of mass is guaranteed without source terms. Second, the adaptive unstructured mesh modelling with P1DG-P1 elements is used here to decrease the total number of degree of freedom maintaining the same order of accuracy.

Findings

Several benchmark problems are used to validate the model, which includes the Darcy flow, classical collapse of water column and water column with a porous structure. The interpenetrating continua model is a suitable approach for water wave and porous structure interaction problem.

Originality/value

The interpenetrating continua model is first applied for the water wave and porous structure interaction problem. First, the structure is modelled as phase of non-viscous fluid with penalty force, so the break of the porous structure, porosity changes can be easily embedded for further complex studies. Second, the mass conservation of fluids is automatically satisfied without special treatment. Finally, adaptive anisotropic mesh in space is employed to reduce the computational cost.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 38 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Article
Publication date: 28 May 2021

M.R. Saber and M.H. Djavareshkian

In the present research, the effect of the flexible shells method in unsteady viscous flow around airfoil has been studied. In the presented algorithm, due to the interaction of…

Abstract

Purpose

In the present research, the effect of the flexible shells method in unsteady viscous flow around airfoil has been studied. In the presented algorithm, due to the interaction of the aerodynamic forces and the structural stiffness (fluid-structural interaction), a geometrical deformation as the bump is created in the area where the shock occurs. This bump causes instead of compressive waves, a series of expansion waves that produce less drag and also improve the aerodynamic performance to be formed. The purpose of this paper is to reduce wave drag throughout the flight range. By using this method, we can be more effective than recent methods throughout the flight because if there is a shock, a bump will form in that area, and if the shock does not occur, the shape of the airfoil will not change.

Design/methodology/approach

In this simulation pressure-based procedure to solve the Navier-Stokes equation with collocated finite volume formulation has been developed. For this purpose, a high-resolution scheme for fluid and structure simulation in transonic flows with an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method is considered. To simulate Navier-Stokes equations large eddy simulation model for compressible flow is used.

Findings

A new concept has been defined to reduce the transonic flow drag. To reduce drag force and increase the performance of airfoil in transonic flow, the shell can be considered flexible in the area of shock on the airfoil surface. This method refers to the use of smart materials in the aircraft wing shell.

Originality/value

The value of the paper is to develop a new approach to improve the aerodynamic performance and reduce drag force and the efficiency of the method throughout the flight. It is noticeable that the new algorithm can detect the shock region automatically; this point was disregarded in the previous studies. It is hoped that this research will open a door to significantly enhance transonic airfoil performance.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 93 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1748-8842

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Article
Publication date: 2 November 2015

Abdelraheem M. Aly, Mitsuteru Asai and Ali J. Chamkha

The purpose of this paper is to model mixed convection in a square cavity included circular cylinders motion using an incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to model mixed convection in a square cavity included circular cylinders motion using an incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) technique.

Design/methodology/approach

The problem is solved numerically by using the ISPH method.

Findings

The SPH tool shows robust performance to simulate the rigid body motion in the mixed convective flow with heat transfer, and it may apply easily to complicated problems in 2D and 3D problem without difficulties.

Originality/value

The application of the SPH method to mixed convective flow with heat transfer and its potential application easily to complicated 3D problems is original.

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International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 25 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Article
Publication date: 1 August 1995

F. H. Hamdan and P. J. Dowling

This paper, which is concerned with fluid‐structure interactionanalysis, is a sequel to our earlier paper which gave an introduction to thenumerical treatment of such systems. The…

Abstract

This paper, which is concerned with fluid‐structure interaction analysis, is a sequel to our earlier paper which gave an introduction to the numerical treatment of such systems. The paper is divided into five main sections. In the first two, a state‐of‐the‐art review on near‐field and far‐field fluid structure interaction is presented. In attempting to highlight where current research should be directed, only the most widely used computer codes are reviewed in the third section. Conclusions are presented in the fourth section.

Article
Publication date: 1 February 1990

R.K. Singh, T. Kant and A. Kakodkar

This paper demonstrates the capability of staggered solution procedure for coupled fluid‐structure interaction problems. Three possible computational paths for coupled problems…

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates the capability of staggered solution procedure for coupled fluid‐structure interaction problems. Three possible computational paths for coupled problems are described. These are critically examined for a variety of coupled problems with different types of mesh partitioning schemes. The results are compared with the reported results by continuum mechanics priority approach—a method which has been very popular until recently. Optimum computational paths and mesh partitionings for two field problems are indicated. Staggered solution procedure is shown to be quite effective when optimum path and partitionings are selected.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 7 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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