This paper describes a wave and finite element (WFE) method for the numerical prediction of wave propagation in axisymmetric structures. A small segment of the structure is modelled using conventional finite element methods, commonly using a commercial package, and the mass and stiffness matrices found. This typically involves a single shell element or, especially for laminate structures, a sta...

In this work, we consider fluid-structure interaction simulation with nonlinear hyperelastic models in the solid part. We use a partitioned approach to deal with the coupled nonlinear fluid-structure interaction problems. We focus on handling the nonlinearity of the fluid and structure sub-problems, the nearincompressibility of materials, the stabilization of employed finite element discretizat...

A monolithic numerical scheme for fluid–structure interaction with special interest in thin-walled piezoelectric energy harvesters driven by fluid is proposed. Employing a beam/shell model the structure this particular application creates FSI problem which an (n?1)-dimensional embedded n-dimensional flow. This choice induces strongly discontinuous pressure field along moving fluid–solid interfa...

In conventional power plants trash-racks are provided at the intakes to protect the turbines. In pumped storage plants, the draft tube or tailrace must also have trash-racks to protect the units while pumping. Because the loads believed to cause many failures of trash-racks are dynamic in nature, it is important to understand the dynamic characteristics of trash-rack structures in general and a...

This study investigated the performance and aeroelastic characteristics of a wind turbine blade based on strongly coupled approach (two-way fluid structure interaction) to simulate the transient FSI1 responses of HAWT2. Aerodynamic response was obtained by 3D CFD-URANS approach and structural response was obtained by 3D Finite element method. Aeroelastic responses of the blade were obtained by ...

Abstract This paper focuses on the pressure resistance of underwater equipment. A shell structure that divided into multi-layer is proposed, spaces between layers are filled with fluid medium, which applied gradually decreasing in outside-inside order helps offsetting external pressure. Using Finite Element Method, Multi-layer Fluid-Solid-Coupling Shell Structure has been proved to be effective...

The use of lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM) for fluid flow and its coupling with finite element method (FEM) structural models for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is investigated. A body of high performance LBM software that exploits graphic processing unit (GPU) and multiprocessor programming models is developed and validated against a set of twoand three-dimensional benchmark problems. Compu...

Direct numerical solution of the highly nonlinear equations governing even the most simplified models of fluid-structure interaction requires that both the flow field and the domain shape be determined as part of the solution since neither is known a priori. To accomplish this, previous algorithms have decoupled the solid and fluid mechanics, solving for each separately and converging iterative...