Partitioned solution to fluid-structure interaction problems in application to free-surface flows

Christophe Kassiotis (1) , Adnan Ibrahimbegovic (2) , Hermann G. Matthies (3)

1 Saint-Venant - Laboratoire d'Hydraulique Saint-Venant / Saint-Venant Laboratory for Hydraulics
2 LMT - Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie
3 WiRe - Institut für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen

In this work we discuss a way to compute the impact of free-surface flow on nonlinear structures. The approach chosen rely on a partitioned strategy that allows to solve strongly coupled fluid-structure interaction problem. It is then possible to re-use existing and validated strategy for each sub-problem. The structure is formulated in a Lagrangian way and solved by the finite element method. The free-surface flow approach considers a Volume-Of-Fluid (VOF) strategy formulated in an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) framework, and the finite volume are used to discrete and solve this problem. The software coupling is ensured in an efficient way using the Communication Template Library (CTL). Numerical examples presented herein concern 2D validations case but also 3D problems with a large number of equations to be solved.

Domains: Fluid mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Fluids mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Structural mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Structural mechanics [physics.class-ph]

Christophe Kassiotis, Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, Hermann G. Matthies. Partitioned solution to fluid-structure interaction problems in application to free-surface flows. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, 2010, 29, pp.510-521. ⟨10.1016/j.euromechflu.2010.07.003⟩. ⟨hal-00603369⟩