Effect of interparticle force on the hydrodynamics of gas-solid fluidized beds was investigated using the combined method of computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method (CFD-DEM). The cohesive force between particles was considered to follow the van der Waals equation form. The model was validated by experimental results from literature in terms of bed voidage distribution and Eule...

n this work, computational fluid dynamics of the flow behavior in a cold flow of fluidized bed is studied. An improved finite volume based finite element method has been introduced to solve the two-phase gas/solid flow hydrodynamic equations. This method uses a collocated grid, where all variables are located at the nodal points. The fluid dynamic model for gas/solid two-phase flow is based on ...

An algorithm for approximation of an unsteady fluid-structure interaction problem is proposed. The fluid is governed by the Navier-Stokes equations with boundary conditions on pressure, while for the structure a particular plate model is used. The algorithm is based on the modal decomposition and the Newmark Method for the structure and on the Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian coordinates and the F...

Based on acoustic radiation modes, the surface contribution method has been developed to predict the surface contributions to the radiated sound power from a vibrating structure. In this work, the surface contribution method is used to identify the sound field on a vibrating structure submerged in a heavy fluid. It was recently found that surface contribution method was not able to predict the ...

In this paper, an algorithm that generates volume fraction initialisation for fluid-structure interaction problems is presented and implemented in an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) code. This algorithm improves the flexibility and efficiency of multi-material ALE formulations, enabling fluid-structure coupling problems to be dealt with, in which complex-shaped structures are embedded in a ...

A modeling approach of HDM based mixed finite element formulation of hydrostatic fluid-structure interaction is introduced. Fluid transfer analysis of mass flow rate versus pressure difference through fluid track between two chambers is carried out. The finite element models of upper and lower chambers are bridged through the fluid transfer analysis. Static working process of a typical HDM with...

This paper presents some biomedical applications that involve fluid-structure interactions which are simulated using the Immersed Finite Element Method (IFEM). Here, we first review the original and enhanced IFEM methods that are suitable to model incompressible or compressible fluid that can have densities that are significantly lower than the solid, such as air. Then, three biomedical applica...

This paper describes a novel numerical model aiming at solving moving-boundary problems such as free-surface flows or fluid-structure interaction. This model uses a moving-grid technique to solve the Navier–Stokes equations expressed in the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian kinematics. The discretization in space is based on the spectral element method. The coupling of the fluid equations and the m...