Two level algorithms for partitioned fluid-structure interaction computations

In this paper we use the multigrid algorithm - commonly used to improve the efficiency of the flow solver - to improve the efficiency of partitioned fluid-structure interaction iterations. Coupling not only the structure with the fine flow mesh, but also with the coarse flow mesh (often present due to the multigrid scheme) leads to a significant...

Multiscale Methods in Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics

The basic idea of multiscale methods, namely the decomposition of a problem into a coarse scale and a fine scale, has in an intuitive manner been used in engineering for many decades, if not for centuries. Also in computational science, large-scale problems have been solved, and local data, for instance displacements, forces or velocities, have...

Strong coupling of partitioned fluid-structure interaction problems with reduced order models

The paper describes a new and powerful technique to solve strongly coupled fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems with partitioned solvers. In order to achieve strong coupling approximate Jacobians of the fluid and structural solvers have to be known. In the proposed method the response to applied displacement and pressure modes are used to...

Two level algorithms for partitioned fluid-structure interaction computations

In this paper we use the multigrid algorithm - commonly used to improve the efficiency of the flow solver - to improve the efficiency of partitioned fluid-structure interaction iterations. Coupling not only the structure with the fine flow mesh, but also with the coarse flow mesh (often present due to the multigrid scheme) leads to a significant...

Fluid Structure Interaction at the Ariane-5 Nozzle Section by Advanced Turbulence Models

Substantial requirements for future rocket technologies are the cost-efficient access to orbit as well as the increase in the system reliability. Concerning these requirements the engine is one of the most important parts and a deeper insight into the unsteady phenomena during the start phase of modern launchers is essential. Especially unsteady...

Mesh Association by Projection along Smoothed-Normal-Vector Fields: Association of Closed Manifolds

The necessity to associate two geometrically distinct meshes arises in many engineering applications. Current mesh-association algorithms are generally unsuitable for the high-order geometry representations associated with high-order finite-element discretizations. In the present work we therefore propose a mesh-association method for high-order...

Space/Time Multigrid for a Fluid-Structure-Interaction Problem

The basic iterative method for solving fluid-structure-interaction problems is a defect-correction process based on a partitioning of the underlying operator into a fluid part and a structural part. In the present work we establish for a prototypical model problem that this defect-correction process yields an excellent smoother for multigrid, on...

Stochastic Flutter Analysis

The field of fluid-structure interaction is combined with the field of stochastics to perform a stochastic flutter analysis. Various methods to directly incorporate the effects of uncertainties in the flutter analysis are investigated. The panel problem with a supersonic fluid flowing over it is considered as a testcase. The stochastic moments ...

Hydroelastic analysis of very large floating structures

Due to the growth of their population, urban development and the corresponding expansion of land use, several countries have decided to build artificial islands in the sea to decrease the pressure on the heavily used land space. The reclamation of the land from the sea is already widely applied, however, there is also an attractive new...

Efficient Numerical Methods for Fluid-Structure Interaction

Numerical solution methods for fluid-structure interaction are of great importance in many engineering disciplines. The computation of fluid-structure interactions is challenging on account of their free-boundary and multi-physics character. The different length and time scale discretization requirements of the fluid and structure subsystems...

Interface-GMRES(R) Acceleration of Subiteration for Fluid-Structure-Interaction Problems

Subiteration forms the basic iterative method for solving the aggregated equations in fluid-structure-interaction problems, in which the fluid and structure equations are solved alternately subject to complementary partitions of the interface conditions. However, this subiteration process can be defective or inadequate, as it is endowed with...