Isaac Scientific Publishing

Journal of Advances in Applied Mathematics

Partitioned computation for fluid-structure interaction with rigid body motion

Download PDF (1920.9 KB) PP. 29 - 41 Pub. Date: January 5, 2018

DOI: 10.22606/jaam.2018.31003

Author(s)

  • Asim Timalsina
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529
  • Gene Hou
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529
  • Jin Wang*
    Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Abstract

We present a new computational framework for fluid-structure interaction problems that involve rigid body motion. Based on a partitioned strategy, the fluid and structural dynamics are computed separately, and the solutions communicate at the interface. The immersed boundary method is employed to handle the fluid-structure interaction, and the direct-forcing technique is utilized to calculate the interaction force. In particular, the rigid body motion is directly and explicitly incorporated into the formulation and computation of the structural dynamics. We demonstrate our methodology by numerically simulating the motion of single and multiple rigid circular discs interacting with nonlinear viscous flow.

Keywords

Fluid-structure interaction; immersed boundary method; rigid body

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