Fluid–structure interaction simulation based on immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann flux solver and absolute nodal coordinate formula

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 047109 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Fluid Structure Interaction ◽  
Immersed Boundary ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Absolute Nodal Coordinate ◽  
Structure Interaction ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Interaction Simulation

Numerical investigation of nonlinear fluid–structure interaction dynamic behaviors under a general Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann-Finite Element method

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Lin Gong ◽  
Zhe Fang ◽  
Gang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Fluid Structure Interaction ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Immersed Boundary ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Structure Interaction ◽  
Flexible Objects ◽  
Element Method

A numerical approach based on the immersed boundary (IB), lattice Boltzmann and nonlinear finite element method (FEM) is proposed to simulate hydrodynamic interactions of very flexible objects. In the present simulation framework, the motion of fluid is obtained by solving the discrete lattice Boltzmann equations on Eulerian grid, the behaviors of flexible objects are calculated through nonlinear dynamic finite element method, and the interactive forces between them are implicitly obtained using velocity correction IB method which satisfies the no-slip conditions well at the boundary points. The efficiency and accuracy of the proposed Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann-Finite Element method is first validated by a fluid–structure interaction (F-SI) benchmark case, in which a flexible filament flaps behind a cylinder in channel flow, then the nonlinear vibration mechanism of the cylinder-filament system is investigated by altering the Reynolds number of flow and the material properties of filament. The interactions between two tandem and side-by-side identical objects in a uniform flow are also investigated, and the in-phase and out-of-phase flapping behaviors are captured by the proposed method.

Simulation of Fluid–Structure Interaction Problems with Thin Elastic Plate via the Coupling of Finite Element and Lattice Boltzmann Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 2050013
Author(s):  
Fei Jiang ◽  
Kangping Liao ◽  
Kazuki Matsumura ◽  
Junji Ohgi ◽  
Xian Chen
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Fluid Structure Interaction ◽  
Immersed Boundary ◽  
Thin Elastic Plate ◽  
Computational Accuracy ◽  
Fe Method ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann Methods ◽  
Structure Interaction

A numerical framework is proposed to couple the finite element (FE) and lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM) for simulating fluid–structure interaction (FSI) problems. The LBM is used as an efficient method for solving the weakly-compressible fluid flows. The corotational FE method for beam elements is used to solve the thin plate deformation. The two methods are coupled via a direct-forcing immersed boundary (IB) method with a sub-iteration scheme. A virtual structure method has been developed to improve the computational accuracy. Validations of the proposed coupling method have been carried out by testing a vortex-induced vibration problem. The numerical results are in good agreement with [Li and Favier (2017), “A non-staggered coupling of finite element and lattice Boltzmann methods via an immersed boundary scheme for fluid-structure interaction,” Comput. Fluids 143, 90–102]. The proposed method does not require heavy linear algebra calculation, which is suitable for parallel computation.

Benchmark numerical solutions for two-dimensional fluid–structure interaction involving large displacements with the deforming-spatial-domain/stabilized space–time and immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann methods

2017 ◽  
Vol 232 (14) ◽  
pp. 2500-2514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Qing Xu ◽  
Yan-Qun Jiang ◽  
Jie Wu ◽  
Yi Sui ◽  
Fang-Bao Tian
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Boltzmann Method ◽  
Lattice Boltzmann ◽  
Fluid Structure Interaction ◽  
Spatial Domain ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Immersed Boundary ◽  
Flexible Plate ◽  
Fluid Structure ◽  
Structure Interaction ◽  
Boltzmann Method

Body-fitted and Cartesian grid methods are two typical types of numerical approaches used for modelling fluid–structure interaction problems. Despite their extensive applications, there is a lack of comparing the performance of these two types of approaches. In order to do this, the present paper presents benchmark numerical solutions for two two-dimensional fluid–structure interaction problems: flow-induced vibration of a highly flexible plate in an axial flow and a pitching flexible plate. The solutions are obtained by using two partitioned fluid–structure interaction methods including the deforming-spatial-domain/stabilized space–time fluid–structure interaction solver and the immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method. The deforming-spatial-domain/stabilized space–time fluid–structure interaction solver employs the body-fitted-grid deforming-spatial-domain/stabilized space–time method for the fluid motions and the finite-difference method for the structure vibrations. A new mesh update strategy is developed to prevent severe mesh distortion in cases where the boundary does not oscillate periodically or needs a long time to establish a periodic motion. The immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method uses lattice Boltzmann method as fluid solver and the same finite-difference method as structure solver. In addition, immersed boundary method is used in the immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann solver to handle the fluid–structure interaction coupling. Results for the characteristic force coefficients, tail position, plate deformation pattern and the vorticity fields are presented and discussed. The present results will be useful for evaluating the performance and accuracy of existing and new numerical methodologies for fluid–structure interaction.

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