Coupled Systems Mechanics

Volume 5, Number 2, 2016, pages 145-156

DOI: 10.12989/csm.2016.5.2.145

Fluid-structure interaction problems solution by operator split methods and efficient software development by code-coupling

Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, Christophe Kassiotis and Rainer Niekamp

Abstract

An efficient and general numerical strategy for fluid-structure interaction problems is presented where either the fluid or the structure part are represented by nonlinear models. This partitioned strategy is implemented under the form of code coupling that allows to (re)-use previous made developments in a more general multi-physics context. This strategy and its numerical implementation is verified on classical fluid-structure interaction benchmarks, and then applied to the impact of tsunamis waves on submerged structures.

Key Words

fluid-structure interaction, partitioned strategy, weak/strong coupling

Address

Adnan Ibrahimbegovic: Sorbonne Universités – UT Compiègne, Chaire de Mécanique, a Institut Universitaire de France Christophe Kassiotis: ASN (detached from ENPC), France Rainer Niekamp: University of Duisburg-Essen, Institut fur Mechanik, Germany