On in-situ visualization for strongly coupled partitioned fluid-structure interaction

We present an integrated in-situ visualization approach for partitioned multi-physics simulation of fluid-structure interaction. The simulation itself is treated as a black box and only the information at the fluid-structure interface is considered, and communicated between the fluid and solid solvers with a separate coupling tool. The...

On parallel scalability aspects of strongly coupled partitioned fluid-structure-acoustics interaction

Multi-physics simulations, such as fluid-structure-acoustics interaction (FSA), require a high performance computing environment in order to perform the simulation in a reasonable amount of computation time. Currently used coupling methods use a staggered execution of the fluid and solid solver [6], which leads to inherent load imbalances. In ...

On the Estimation of Spanwise Pressure Coherence of a Turbulent Boundary Layer over a Flat Plate

A Large Eddy Simulation (LES) with four different closure models are analyzed in OpenFOAM, an open source Computional Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package and validated for the determination of the streamwise and spanwise coherence length of the pressure field below a turbulent boundary layer at low Reynolds numbers. Matching results are found for outer...

Towards a Multi-Fidelity Approach for CFD Simulations of Vortex Generator Arrays

This paper is the starting point for the development of a multi-fidelity modeling approach for vortex generators (VG) arrays, where a fully resolved VG model will be coupled with an approximate model in order to improve both accuracy and flexibility without increasing the required computational cost. As a first step thereto, an analysis of the...

Active flap control on an aeroelastic wind turbine airfoil in gust conditions using both a CFD and an engineering model

Comparison of CFD simulations to non-rotating MEXICO blades experiment in the LTT wind tunnel of TUDelft

In this paper, three dimensional flow over non-rotating MEXICO blades is simulated by CFD methods. The numerical results are compared with the latest MEXICO wind turbine blades measurements obtained in the low speed low turbulence (LTT) wind tunnel of Delft University of Technology. This study aims to validate CFD codes by using these...

Rosenbrock time integration for unsteady flow simulations

This contribution compares the efficiency of Rosenbrock time integration schemes with ESDIRK schemes, applicable to unsteady flow and fluid-structure interaction simulations. Compared to non-linear ESDIRK schemes, the linear implicit Rosenbrock-Wanner schemes require subsequent solution of the same linear systems with different right hand sides....

A multi-model incremental adaptive strategy to accelerate partitioned fluid-structure algorithms using space-mapping

High fidelity analysis of fluid-structure interaction systems is often too timeconsuming when a large number of model evaluations are required. The choice for a solution procedure depends often on the efficiency of the method and the possibility of reusing existing field solvers. Aggressive Space-Mapping, a technique originally developed for...

Multi-level and quasi-Newton acceleration for strongly coupled partitioned fluid-structure interaction

Two reduced order models are presented for the simulation of physically strong coupled fluid-structure interaction problem, based on computationally partitioned flow and structure solvers. The reduced order models used are a class of quasi-Newton coupling methods to obtain a stable solution and to reduce the number of subiterations. The second...

Experimental benchmark and numerical validation of a free heaving airfoil

In order to validate fluid-structure interaction solvers, a one degree of freedom (1 DOF) aeroelastic experiment is performed. A rigid wing with an harmonically actuated flap, is suspended by springs to allow a free heaving motion. Displacements and time dependent aerodynamic forces are measured for reduced flap frequencies ranging from k = 0.1...

Higher order time integration schemes for thermal coupling of flows and structures

The application of higher order implicit time integration schemes to conjugate heat transfer problems is analyzed with Dirichlet-Neumann as the decomposition method. In the literature, only up to second order implicit time integration schemes have been reported while there is a potential for gaining computational efficiency using higher orders....

Coarse level Newton-Krylov acceleration of sub-iterations in partitioned fluid-structure interaction

Computational fluid-structure interaction is commonly performed using a partitioned approach. For strongly coupled problems sub-iterations are required, increasing computational time as flow and structure have to be resolved multiple times every time step. Reductions in computing times can be achieved by e.g. improving the convergence of the sub...