Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction
Invited Lecturers
- Carlo Bottasso (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
- 5 lectures on: Non-linear flexible multibody dynamics for aero-servo-elastic applications. Geometrically exact formulations in multibody dynamics. Time integration of high index DAEs. Practical applications in rotorcraft aero-servo-elasticity and flight mechanics. Practical applications in wind power engineering.
- Charbel Farhat (Stanford University, USA)
- 6 lectures on: Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian framework: discrete geometric conservation laws and relationship to nonlinear stability, algorithms for computing flow-induced loads on non-matching grids. Embedded Eulerian framework: discretization of transmission conditions. Staggered solution schemes: stability and accuracy analysis. Aerospace and automotive applications.
- Gianluca Iaccarino (Stanford University, USA)
- 6 lectures on: Formulation of the immersed boundary (IB) method for fluid flow problems. Direct forcing and reconstruction approaches: accuracy and robustness. Modeling of turbulence on IB surfaces: direct numerical simulations and Reynolds averaged closures. Treatment of conjugate solid/fluid heat transfer: conservative treatment and common interface tessellation. Validation studies: unsteady flow around a cooled cylinder. Applications to electric motors and turbine blade cooling systems.
- Alfio Quarteroni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
- 6 lectures on: Variational formulation of coupled fluid-structure problems. Equivalent formulation by Steklov-Poincaré interface operators. Fixed-point, semi-implicit and fully implicit algorithms. Splitting algorithms issuing from inexact algebraic factorizations. Application to blood flow modeling in large arterial vessels and to sail-wind interaction in yacht engineering.
- Spencer Sherwin (Imperial College London, Great Britain)
- 5 lectures on: Implementation of spectral/hp element method for incompressible fluid dynamics highlighting how to balance the use of classical h-type with p-type discretisations when considering a practical implementation similar to the Nektar++ initiative (www.nektar.info). Application of these techniques in bluff body and biomedical fluid structure interaction problems and discussion of issues related to high order fictitious domain techniques.
- Wolfgang A. Wall (Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany)
- 7 lectures on: Introduction and overview on fluid-structure-interaction. Fixed-grid approaches for FSI: overview, 3d XFEM based approach, embedding interface conditions. Fluid-Structure-Contact-Interaction. Strong coupling schemes: taxonomy, truly monolithic algebraic multigrid FSI approach. Application areas will include biomechanics, biophysics, material processing and more classical engineering disciplines.