Local Enrichment Function Based Corrections Applied to Conventional RBF Mesh Deformation Methods

A popular class of methods for solving Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSI) problems computationally are the moving mesh deformation methods. These methods generally involve deforming the fluid domain so that it conforms to the structure as it undergoes changes. An efficient and robust moving mesh technique involves interpolation of displacements...

Mesh Deformation Using Radial Basis Function Interpolation With Sliding Boundary Nodes

This thesis studies a novel mesh deformation method based on radial basis functions to improve mesh quality in regions with small wall clearances. For fluid-structure interaction problems or imposed motion CFD problems, the usually fixed Eulerian fluid meshes have to undergo deformation to conform to the deforming structure. In such cases, it is...

Towards Efficient Fluid-Structure-Control Interaction for Smart Rotors

One of the solutions to speed up the energy transition is the smart rotor concept: wind turbine blades with actively controlled Trailing Edge Flaps. In the past decade feasibility studies (both numerical and experimental) have been performed to assess the applicability of smart rotors in future design strategies and the next step is the...

Computational fluid-structure interaction: Spatial coupling, coupling shell and mesh deformation

New Method for Mesh Moving Based on Radial Basis Function Interpolation

A new point-by-point mesh movement algorithm is developed for the deformation of unstructured grids. The method is based on using radial basis function, RBFs, to interpolate the displacements of the boundary nodes to the whole flow mesh. A small system of equations has to be solved, only involving the nodes on the boundary of the flow domain....

New Method for Mesh Moving Based on Radial Basis Function Interpolation

A new point-by-point mesh movement algorithm is developed for the deformation of unstructured grids. The method is based on using radial basis function, RBFs, to interpolate the displacements of the boundary nodes to the whole flow mesh. A small system of equations has to be solved, only involving the nodes on the boundary of the flow domain....