An immersed boundary method for the fluid-structure interaction of slender flexible structures in viscous fluid

Abstract

This paper presents a numerical method for the simulation of fluid-structure interaction specifically tailored to interactions between Newtonian fluids and a large number of slender viscoelastic Cosserat rods. Because of their high flexibility and low weight the rods considered here exhibit large deflections, even under moderate fluid loads. Their motion, in turn, modifies the flow so that fluid and structures are strongly coupled to each other which is numerically very challenging. The paper proposes a new coupling approach based on an immersed boundary method which improves upon existing methods for this problem. It is numerically stable and exempt from any global iteration between the fluid part and the structure part, thus yielding high stability and low computational cost of the coupling scheme. The contribution presents the underlying methodology and its algorithmic realization, including an assessment of accuracy and convergence by systematic studies. Various validation cases illustrate performance and versatility of the proposed method.

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